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a Hungarian dance that starts mournful and ends like the floor caught fire
means A traditional Hungarian folk dance in two parts — a slow, melancholy opening (the lassú) followed by a fast, whirling finale (the friss) — and the lively music that accompanies it.
from From the Hungarian csárdás, which comes from csárda, a roadside inn or tavern out on the puszta plains — so the dance is named for the kind of rowdy country inn where it was danced. The word entered English and other languages in the 19th century along with the dance's spread through Europe; the spelling 'czardas' reflects a continental, often German-influenced rendering of the Hungarian.
- two speeds
- Slow lassu opening, frantic friss finale
- name origin
- From csarda, a roadside tavern or inn
- monti's hit
- Vittorio Monti's 1904 violin showpiece is everywhere
- military roots
- Grew from recruiting dances of Hungarian soldiers
- banned once
- Habsburg authorities feared its nationalist fervor
vittorio monti czardas — famous 1904 violin composition performed by thousands, most iconic version by mischa elman