Minute Waltz
Composer:
Chopin
Genre: Classical
Decade: before 1923
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
The Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, popularly known as the Minute Waltz, and also Valse du petit chien. The piece is given the tempo marking Molto vivace. Although it has long been known as the "Minute (accent on second syllable) Waltz", meaning a "small" waltz, given by its publisher, Chopin did not intend for this waltz to be played in one minute.
by: Russell Ambrose