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a Bohemian dance Europe insisted was Scottish, then nobody asked Scotland's opinion.
means A slow, round, polka-like partner dance in 2/4 time, marked by a step-step-step-hop pattern, popular in the 19th century.
from From German 'der schottische Tanz' — literally 'the Scottish dance' — schottisch being the German adjective for 'Scottish.' The name is a geographic shrug: the dance was popularized in Germany and beyond as something vaguely Scottish-flavored, though its actual roots lie more in Central European round dances than in anything from Scotland. The word entered English in the mid-19th century carrying its German spelling and its dubious nationality intact.
- name lie
- German for Scottish, but born in Bohemia
- the beat
- slow polka in two-four time
- frontier hit
- American pioneers danced it at barn socials
- texas tradition
- still circling dance floors as the Texas schottische
- 1840s craze
- swept European ballrooms after debuting in Paris
lancashire schottische — traditional english country dance from lancashire, popular in 19th-century ballrooms
military schottische — marching variation used by british and commonwealth military bands since the 1800s