THE MINUTE VALSE
_ Sir, — Your correspondent, L.. D. Austin, is quite correct in pointing out that Chopin’s "Minute" valse takes a minute and a-half if it is to make its effect. The title, though misleading to those who, unlike Mr. Austjn and myself, are not numbered with the musical cognoscenti, is probably a careless approximation — just as one is wont to say, "Just a moment while I dash off a letter to The Listener, though everyone knows that it is impossible to write a letter in a moment, especially if it is to be erudite enough to get into The Listener. Which reminds me _ that Chopin’s "Minute" Valse is also known as the "Dog Valse." The story is that, seeing George Sand’s dog chasing its own tail, Chopin sat down and improvised a valse to represent the incident. Of course, on second thoughts, it might have been a very minute dog, which looks like getting us back where we started. However, I hope all your readers are sufficiently edified.
POLONIUS
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 92, 28 March 1941, Page 10
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171THE MINUTE VALSE New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 92, 28 March 1941, Page 10
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