noun
- Plural of landler; a slow Austrian or Bavarian folk dance in triple meter, or the music for such a dance.
Usage: Also spelled 'ländler' with umlaut in German contexts.; Music and dance history term.
Examples
- The orchestra performed several traditional landlers at the folk festival.
- Austrian landlers are characterized by their graceful, swaying movements.
- The composer incorporated landlers into the symphony to evoke a rural Alpine setting.
- Musicians learned to play landlers as part of their study of European folk traditions.