Boston (dance)

Boston, Boston also Waltz, Waltz Boston Dip or slower American Waltz is a dance that is often written for popular pop tunes.

A characteristic feature of Boston is the consistent emphasis of the first quarter in the slow waltz. This rhythmic uniformity is often contrasted with opposing groups of four or rhythms. In 1870, the U.S. showed this new form of the Viennese waltz in fashion, which also became popular in Europe from 1913 to 1920 in England led to the development of the slow waltz. Examples of Boston are to hear, among other things in Paul Hindemith's Suite 1922 also in Louis Green Mountain Jazz Berries ( 1925) and Erwin Schulhoff's Esquisses de Jazz ( 1927). A well-known Boston is also the song Bright Moon from the operetta The Cousin from Nowhere ( 1921).