tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post1547644639990777605..comments2023-11-14T23:15:05.189-08:00Comments on ORBIS CATHOLICVS: Wiener Walzer: Viennese Waltzes in Vienna...John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-33110505834352889962008-01-25T08:57:00.000-08:002008-01-25T08:57:00.000-08:00Indeed, we often play the Vienna Philharmonic at h...Indeed, we often play the Vienna Philharmonic at home with waltzes by Johann Strauss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-59988391313744124302008-01-23T05:20:00.000-08:002008-01-23T05:20:00.000-08:00http://roamincatholicphiladelphia.blogspot.com/200...http://roamincatholicphiladelphia.blogspot.com/2008/01/wiener-waltz.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-24394063041666164992008-01-23T05:01:00.000-08:002008-01-23T05:01:00.000-08:00This is tongue-in-cheek, of course, and I love the...This is tongue-in-cheek, of course, and I love the Viennese ball tradition, but:<BR/><BR/>When praising the waltz as a pure icon of Catholic culture, perhaps one should also remember that it wasn't that long ago (in European measures) that devoutly Catholic German Empress Maria Theresia prohibited the then-new waltz for being scandalous and immoral. For this was the first pair-dance in which man and woman were constantly in physical contact. This ban occurred during the Rococo time, not the prudish Victorian era. Just saying ;-)Gregor Kollmorgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337986686754569482noreply@blogger.com