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18th-century folk dance
The
Landler
(
German pronunciation:
[?l?ntl?]
) is a
folk dance
in
3
4
time
which was popular in
Austria
,
Bavaria
, German
Switzerland
, and
Slovenia
[
citation needed
]
at the end of the 18th century.
It is a
partner dance
that strongly features hopping and stamping. It might be purely instrumental or have a vocal part, sometimes featuring
yodeling
.
When
dance halls
became popular in Europe in the 19th century, the Landler was made quicker and more elegant, and the men shed the
hobnail
boots that they wore to dance it. Along with a number of other folk dances from
Germany
and
Bohemia
, it is thought to have influenced the development of the
waltz
.
A number of
classical
composers
wrote or included Landler in their music, including
Ludwig van Beethoven
,
Franz Schubert
and
Anton Bruckner
. In several of his
symphonies
,
Gustav Mahler
replaced the
menuet
with a Landler. The
Carinthian
folk tune quoted in
Alban Berg
's
Violin Concerto
is a Landler, and another features in Act II of his
opera
Wozzeck
. The "German Dances" of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and
Joseph Haydn
also resemble Landler.
Josef Lanner
(1801?1843) wrote several Landlers. He, along with Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II, helped popularize the waltz in Vienna and elsewhere. The Johann Strauss II waltz
Tales from the Vienna Woods
features a
zither
playing in the style of a Landler. Britten's
Peter Grimes
features a Landler in the scene where a dance night is occurring in the hall.
The Sound of Music
Broadway musical
, the
film
, and the American and British live TV broadcasts (
The Sound of Music Live!
(2013) and
The Sound of Music Live
(2015)) all feature a scene where the protagonists
Maria
and
Captain von Trapp
dance a Landler. The instrumental tune used in that sequence is a
3
4
-time rearrangement of the more polka-like "
The Lonely Goatherd
". Compare this one to the "Dornbacher" Landler by Lanner, and one will hear many similarities.
[
citation needed
]
The choreographers for the motion picture researched the traditional Austrian folk dance and integrated it into the choreography of the Landler danced in the film.
[2]
The same (The Sound of Music) Landler is played by two or three zithers, during the rehearsal for the Salzburg Music Festival, as well.
[
citation needed
]
See also
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]
References
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edit
]
- ^
Blatter, Alfred (2007).
Revisiting Music Theory: a guide to the practice
, p. 28.
ISBN
0-415-97440-2
.
- ^
Hirsch, Julia (1993).
The Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Movie
. p. 93.
ISBN
0-8092-3837-3
External links
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