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the rustic Alpine waltz that taught polite ballrooms how to stop being so polite
means A folk dance from the Alpine regions of Austria, Bavaria, and German-speaking Switzerland in slow triple time, featuring hopping, stamping, and close turning embraces — and the musical form written in its style.
from From German Ländler, meaning roughly "dance of the Landl" — Landl being a colloquial name for the region of Upper Austria along the Enns (also called the Landl). So the word is essentially "the country dance," named for the rural district that birthed it. It rose from peasant barns into concert halls, where composers like Schubert, Beethoven, and later Mahler stylized it; over time its faster, more refined descendant became the Viennese waltz.
- hopping origin
- Born from stomping, slapping peasant dances in Austria
- waltz ancestor
- Directly evolved into the elegant Viennese waltz
- three-four time
- Rolls in slow, swinging triple meter
- sound of music
- Maria and the Captain dance one onscreen
- close contact
- Scandalized critics for its intimate hold
lindler dance — austrian/bavarian folk dance in triple meter, documented since the 17th century in the alpine region
lindler music festival — annual traditional music festival held in oberösterreich, austria featuring authentic alpine folk performances