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Five-Step Waltz Music
Introduction
Below, you'll find a chronological list of songs for dancing the Five-Step Waltz.*
Click on the 🔈 icons to hear selected titles interpreted by pianist Jen Bayer. A Spotify playlist of all seven of Jen's recordings can be found at the bottom of the page.
- "The Angelina, New Waltz in Five Steps" (1846) by Arnold Müller (pdf) {Baylor}
- "La Mode! Nouvelle Valse à Cinq Temps [with Description]" (1846) by Ph. Gawlikowski {Enge}
- "La Perrotiana, Valse a Cinq Temps from the Ballet of Catarina" (1846) by Signor Pugni (pdf) {nypl}
- "La Perrotiana No. 2, Seconde Valse a Cinq Temps from the Ballet of Catarina" (1846) by Signor Pugni
- "Valse à Cinq Temps" (1847) by Charruaud, J. C. Scherpf (arr.) (pdf) {Congress}
- 🔈 "Valse en Cinq Temps" (1846) by Xavier van Elewyck {Enge}
- "Five Step Waltz" (1847) by Mr. Wagstaff, E. D. Roland (arr.) (pdf) {Hathi}
- "The New Valse à Cinq Temps" (1847) by W. Allen (pdf) {Enge}
- "Valse à Cinq Temps" (1847) by A. J. R. Conner (pdf) {Congress}
- 🔈 "The American Republic, Waltz in Five Steps" (1848) by Ch. Nolff (pdf) {Congress}
- 🔈 "The Fashion, New Waltz in Five Steps" (1848) by Christian Nolff (pdf) {Congress}
- 🔈 "The Vine Cot Waltzes à la Cinq Temps" (1848) by W. R. Coppock (pdf) {Congress}
- "Hortensia, Valse à Cinq Temps" (1850) by Henry A. Allen (pdf) {Congress}
- "Sincerità, Valse en Cinq Temps" (c. 1850) by Albert Hermant {Enge}
- "Sylphide Waltz in Five Steps" (1850) by Theo. Fry (pdf) {Congress}
- "Violet Waltz in Five Steps" (1850) by C. A. Löpke (pdf) {Congress}
- "The Grand Exhibition Valse à Cinq Temps [for Two Performers]" (1851) by John Old (pdf) {Enge}
- "Le Modernes, Valse à Cinq Temps" (1851) by Robert Meyer {Enge}
- "Hampton Five Step Waltz" (1852) by G'Schwend, J. A. (pdf) {Congress}
- "La Violette, Valse a Cinq Temps" (1852) by H. E. Lehmann (pdf) {Tulane}
- "Une Nouvelle Valse à Cinq Temps" (1851) by E. Carpentier De Selvier (pdf) {Enge}
- "The Original Five Step Waltz" (1856) by H. N. Hempsted (arr.) (pdf) {Wisconsin}
- "The Five Steps Waltz" (1859) by Christian Nolff (pdf) {Google}
[Same as The Fashion from 1848]
- "London Five Step Waltz" (1875) by Miss S. B. Erith (pdf) {Canada}
- "Dodworth's Five Step Waltz" (1877) by C. Nolf (pdf) {Duke}
- "Forget Me Not Waltz [with Description]" (1879) by O. E. Hennig. (pdf) {Berkeley}
- "Five Step Waltz" (1880) by John M. Loretz, Jr. (pdf) {Congress}
- "Original Five Step Waltz [with Description]" (1881) by Clarence R. Sidney (pdf) {Congress}
[Almost the same as Hampton Five Step Waltz from 1852]
- 🔈 "The New Five Step Waltz" (1881) by Allen Dodworth (pdf) {Maine}
- "Five Step Waltz - Saratoga [Piano]" (1882) by E. C. Walston (pdf)
- "Five Step Waltz - Saratoga [Banjo]" (1883) by A. Baur (arr.) (pdf) {Congress}
- "Five Step Waltz - Saratoga [Orchestrated]" (1883) by E. C. Walston (pdf) {Congress}
- 🔈 "Winner's Five Step Waltz" (1882) by Septimus Winner (pdf) {Enge}
- "Mahler's New 5 Step Waltz [with Description]" (1885) by Jacob A. Mahler (pdf) {Congress}
- 🔈 "Five Step for 1887 [with Description]" (1886) by Allen Dodworth (pdf) {Enge}
Note: Tchaikovsky also included a "Valse à 5 Temps" in his 18 pieces, Op. 72 (1893), but gives a tempo of 58 measures per minute (290 bpm), so it wasn't meant for dancing.
Playlist
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For more dance descriptions, see our three books on dancing:
The Book of Mixers: 100 Easy-Teach Dances for Getting Acquainted (2022) by Richard Powers and Nick & Melissa Enge,
Cross-Step Waltz: A Dancer's Guide (2019) by Richard Powers and Nick & Melissa Enge, and
Waltzing: A Manual for Dancing and Living (2013) by Richard Powers and Nick Enge.
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