TheWaltz“Thisindecent(不文雅的)foreigndancewasintroducedattheEnglishcourtonFriday…WetrustitwillneveragainbetoleratedinanymoralEnglishsociety.”(TheTimes1816)Thewaltzwasthe
TheWaltz
“Thisindecent(不文雅的)foreigndancewasintroducedattheEnglishcourtonFriday…WetrustitwillneveragainbetoleratedinanymoralEnglishsociety.”(TheTimes1816)
ThewaltzwasthefirstcourtdancesinceShakespeare’stimewherethecouplewereallowedtospinroundholdingeachotherveryclosely.Thefactthatitwaslabeled“immoral”oreven“obscene(下流的)”nodoubthelpedtomakepeoplethinkitwasrathershockingfun.
ThewaltzoriginatedinGermanyfromtheenergeticfolk-dancesofthecountrypeople.Bythemid-18thcenturythesmarttownpeopleweretryingitandverysoonithadspreadthroughouttherestofEuropealthoughpartsofGermanyandSwitzerlandbanneditcompletely!InViennathewaltzbecameveryfastwiththecouplesracingeachothersevenoreighttimesroundtheballroomflooruntiltheywereinastateofcollapse.Sothepolicedecidedtoforbidtheextremeformsofthedanceasitwascreatingapublicdisturbance.
HoweveritwasalsoinViennathatLannerandStraussmadetheirfortunesasbandleadersandcomposers.Strauss'sonJohnStraussestablishedhimselfasthe“waltzking”inVienna.Chopincomplainedthatclassicalmusicwasbeingignoredinfavorofthewaltz.HealsocomplainedthatpiecesbyMozartandBeethovenwerebeing“waltzified”topleasethepublictaste.Butthisdidnotloweritspopularitywhichstillcontinueseventoday.
1.Themusicofwaltzwasfirstlyplayedin_______.
A.EnglandB.GermanyC.SwitzerlandD.Vienna
2.WhydidthepolicedecidetoforbidtheextremedanceofwaltzinVienna?
A.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancerswereholdingeachotherveryclosely.
B.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancerswerespendingtoomuchtimeindancing.
C.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancersofwaltzwerecreatingtroubleinthepublic.
D.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancersofwaltzwerealwaysinastateofbeingwornout.
3.AlthoughthewaltzwaswellpopularwithmostpeopleyetChopincomplained_______.
A.theclassicalmusicbyMozartandBeethovenwerebeingwaltzifiedandlookeddownuponsoastopleasethepublictate.
B.StraussJohannjuniormadehimselfasthe“waltzking”
C.thewaltzwasspr