Bavarian Ländler - Folk Dance

-The Painting: Erntetanz, Öl auf Holz by Hugo Wilhelm Kauffmann (7 August 1844 – 30 December 1915) in 1902. This version was composed by Iosif Ivanovich (1845 - 1902) -The Ländler is a European folk dance in 3/4 time. Along with the waltz and allemande, the ländler was sometimes referred to by the generic term German Dance in publications during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Despite its association with Germany, the ländler was danced in many European countries. Composers from a variety of European nations wrote music for the ländler dance; including Austria, Switzerland, Bohemia, Moravia, Slovenia and northern Italy in addition to Germany.