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Dolorès, Op. 170, is a waltz by French composer Émile Waldteufel, dated 1880. It belongs to the late nineteenth-century dance-music repertory in which Waldteufel wrote orchestral waltzes, polkas, and related pieces for social and concert performance. The work is identified by its French title and opus number, and its waltz form makes it suitable for listeners, performers, and researchers exploring salon and ballroom music from the period.
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Who composed the Dolores Waltz?
Dolores was composed by the French composer Émile Waldteufel. The work dates from 1880 and belongs to his large body of elegant concert and dance waltzes.
What style of music is the Dolores Waltz?
It is an elegant concert waltz with the polished character associated with late-19th-century French dance music. Waldteufel wrote such works for audiences connected with Parisian high society.
Why is Émile Waldteufel associated with Parisian high society?
Waldteufel became prominent for supplying stylish dance music to elite French social events. Dolores, composed in 1880, reflects that refined waltz tradition rather than a modern popular-song format.
How is Dolores connected to Waldteufel's better-known waltzes?
It comes from the same late-19th-century French waltz tradition as Waldteufel's more widely recognized orchestral dances. The 1880 date places it before his famous The Skater's Waltz period.
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