McKee considers dance music within a larger system of signifiers and points-of-view that opens new avenues of interpretation.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Influences of the Early Eighteenth-Century Ballroom Minuet on the Minuets from J. S. Bach's French Suites, BWV 812-817
2. Mozart in the Ballroom: Minuet-Trio Contrast and the Aristocracy in Self-Portrait
3. The Musical Visions of Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauss Sr.
4. Dance and the Music of Chopin: Historical Background
5. The Musical Visions of Chopin
6. Chopin's Approach to Waltz Form
Notes
Bibliography
Index