Waltz

Waltz (Ger. walzer, Fr. valse), a German dance, which first became a fashionable dance in other countries in the early part of the 19th century, being introduced into England in 1813. The Valse à Deux Temps is a form of the waltz not so graceful as the older one, because not so correspondent to the rhythm of the music. Strauss, Gungl, and Godfrey are well-known waltz-composers; and there are idealised concert-waltzes, not suited for dancing, by Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, &c.