Whatever Happened to the Waltz?

Whatever Happened to the Waltz?

By BBC Radio 3

A hotbed of vice, immorality, and social meltdown... or a musical embodiment of gilded nostalgia and conservatism...

The sounds of an empire at whirling play in Vienna... or the final soundtrack to the end of a musical and political world order...

Tom Service invites you to dance through history in three-time, and whirl through waltzes both wonderful and weird.

With dance historian Darren Royston and dancing queen Katie Derham.

Whatever Happened to the Waltz?
Whatever Happened to the Waltz?
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