The Lndler folk dance was never popular in Vienna despite efforts by Josef Lanner.
Josef Lanner (18011843) wrote several Landlers. It was healong with Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss IIthat helped popularize the waltz in Vienna and elsewhere. The Johann Strauss II waltz Tales from the Vienna Woods features a zither playing in the style of a Landler. The Landler (German pronunciation: [lntl) is a folk dance in  4 time which was popular in Austria, Bavaria, German Switzerland, and Slovenia at the end of the 18th century. 
