Boston (dance)
Boston , also known as Boston Waltz , Boston Dip Waltz or the slow American waltz, is a dance that is often written to popular hit melodies.
A characteristic feature of the Boston is the consistent emphasis on the first quarter in slow three-four time. This rhythmic uniformity is often contrasted with opposing groups of four or rhythms. This new form of the Viennese waltz came into vogue in the USA around 1870 ; it also became popular in Europe from 1913 and led to the development of the slow waltz in England in 1920 . Examples of Boston can be heard in Paul Hindemith's Suite 1922, as well as in Louis Gruenberg's Jazzberries (1925) and Erwin Schulhoff's Esquisses de Jazz (1927). A well-known Boston is also the song Strahlender Mond from the operetta Der Vetter aus Dingsda (1921). In 1987 Alexander Jakowlewitsch Rosenbaum published the song with the title "Wals-boston".
