Music genre and type of musical composition, performed in triple meter, often written in ¾ time

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A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.

Couples dancing the waltz. Aquatint.

A very large woman is waltzing with a very small man. Etching after J. Gillray, 1800.

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Waltz

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Images referencing Waltz

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A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.

Couples dancing the waltz. Aquatint.

A very large woman is waltzing with a very small man. Etching after J. Gillray, 1800.