Genres of music that rely on this meter include the "tiny wisp" in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Moonlight Sonata's "Allegretto" second movement.
Alban Berg used this time signature in the second section of his Violin Concerto's first movement to quote a Carinthian folk dance similar in style to his use in Wozzeck of an Austrian dance. In Mozart's Requiem, the "Hostias," "Recordare," and "Agnus Dei" movements all have this meter, which he also used for most of his Missa Longa and for the Coronation Masses' "Agnus Dei." This meter is sometimes marked by the Italian "di quarta in quarta." Genres of music that rely on this meter include the "tiny wisp" in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Moonlight Sonata's "Allegretto" second movement. Besides scherzi, the most notable uses of this meter are in works like von Weber's Invitation to the Dance and Strauss' Blue Danube. For 10 points, name this time signature most common in dance as the meter for minuets and waltzes.
Alban Berg used this time signature in the second section of his Violin Concerto's first movement to quote a Carinthian folk dance similar in style to his use in Wozzeck of an Austrian dance.
triple time or meter [accept 3/4 time, accept the old "three-beats-in-a-measure" time; prompt on waltz time or meter]