But quadrilles andvalses did not begin before the given moment: two hours, from eight to ten, were invariably devoted to conversation; then we danced from ten to one in the morning.
Marie as she played quadrilles and valses with her clever, agile fingers.
She will play nothing but valses all the evening, unless you prevent it' But Jill shook her head sulkily; she felt safer in her corner.
Very often Uncle Brian would retire with his book or paper when Sara's valses wearied him or the room filled with young officers.
The rubato in the valsesneed not obtrude itself as in the mazurkas.
Of the Chopin Valses it has been said that they are dances of the soul and not of the body.
As Schumann declared, the dancers of these valses should be at least countesses.
The valses are the most objective of the Chopin works, and in few of them is there more than a hint of the sullen, Sargasson seas of the nocturnes and scherzi.
Chopin admitted that he was unable to play valses in the Viennese fashion, yet he has contrived to rival Strauss in his own genre.
Certain of the valsesmay be danced: the first, second, fifth, sixth, and a few others.
Some of these valses are trivial, artificial, most of them are bred of candlelight and the swish of silken attire, and a few are poetically morbid and stray across the border into the rhythms of the mazurka.
The three valsesof this set were published December, 1838.
Come, come, Felicia, how many valses did you dance to-night?
En passant, why are the prettiest valses all plaintive and despairing, quadrilles and lancers cheerful and jiggy, and galops reckless, not to say tipsy?
Perhaps the most brilliant and extended of the valses is Op.
It was not a ball, nor had dancing been announced, but everyone knew that Catherine Petrovna would play valses and the ecossaise on the clavichord and that there would be dancing, and so everyone had come as to a ball.
Catherine Petrovna did actually play valses and the ecossaise, and dancing began in which Nicholas still further captivated the provincial society by his agility.
Chopin's "New Valses and Mazurkas for the pianoforte"; and on the title-pages of the French edition of Op.
Trois Valses brillantes (A flat major, A minor, and F major), respectively dedicated to Mdlle.
He catches it, throws it back to the fair group, and valsesoff with his partner.
All having regained their places, each gentleman valses with his own partner once round the room, or remains sitting by her side, as she may feel inclined.
A lady is then requested to name her favourite flower; and the fortunate swain who bears its name springs forward and valses off with her in triumph.
Having done so, he pulls the covering from his eyes, and valses off with her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "valses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
