Recent Examples on the WebThis issue grew more pronounced in Ravel’s two-piano arrangement of his La valse.—Dallas News, 30 June 2022 Pieces like La valse and Pavane for a Dead Princess work equally well on a piano alone or played by a full orchestra.—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020 More controversial was the third movement, a valse triste founded on an Italianate singing line.—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2017
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, borrowed from German Walzer — more at waltz entry 1
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