Felix Cherniavsky - Contextual Research

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Felix Cherniavsky - Contextual Research

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NY Times Editorced July 2o 1908 P.B 384 propose al o revive the older dances , keting pay na and the gayotte . When the valta first came into favor It exclted , thn Indignation of old - fasla Joned folks , Who denied Its grace and exhilarating Sharm , and called it vul FEARS FOR THE WALTZ gar . It was to the favorite dances or The permanence of the high hat for the older generation , the minuet and masculino wear having just been the stately qualalle , as the easy man surod . by authoritative proclamation , ners of the new era , succeeding the the whole world lå stirrod now by the Napoleonic epoch , were to the formal , fear that the traditional dance of so manners of the past . But the waltz clety , the waite , is to be extorminatod . grew and thrived . It has inspired poets Such is the purpose of many influ - las well as musicians . It has been for entlal members of the International a generation or two the very symbol Choregrapato Congress now in session of grace - or the reverse . at Berlin , The development of the To be sure , in our particular age and antique rodow called in this country clime the waltz in its perfect flower the Boston , and & still further devel- has been sadly crowded by the Ameri opment of that ondulating dance called can two - step , which is quicker , less the wave , are blably in favor with gentle , less beautiful , and illustrates these theoretical gentleman , and they rather the rapid , elliptical prose of the contemporary equivalent for conversa tion than the poetry of motion . The waltz , as society's dance , gracefully whiried in a new era of easy manners , while manners having declined alto gether , the two - step took its place , But the two - step is an outgrowth and sụb stitute for the waltz , danced or jumped to waltz music , and we have all been hoping that it would not last . We yearn for a revival of the waltz , not Its extermination ..