mazurka

mazurka
/meuh zerr"keuh, -zoor"-/, n.
1. a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
2. music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
Also, mazourka.
[1810-20; < Pol, equiv. to Mazur Mazovia (district in northern Poland) + -ka n. suffix]

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Polish folk dance in 34time for a circle of couples, characterized by stamping feet and clicking heels, traditionally danced to the music of bagpipes.

Originating in Masuria (northeastern Poland) in the 16th century, it became popular at the Polish court and spread to Russia and Germany, reaching England and France by the 1830s. The 50 piano mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin reflected and extended the dance's popularity. It had no set figures and allowed improvisation among its more than 50 different steps.

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dance
Polish  mazurek 
 Polish folk dance for a circle of couples, characterized by stamping feet and clicking heels and traditionally danced to the music of bagpipes. The music is in 3/4 time with a forceful accent on the second beat. The dance, highly improvisatory, has no set figures, and more than 50 different steps exist.

      The mazurka originated in the 16th century among the Mazurs of east-central Poland and was quickly adopted at the Polish court, yet it remained a peasant dance. It eventually spread to Russian and German ballrooms and by the 1830s had reached England and France. As a ballroom dance intended for four or eight couples or for single couples, the mazurka retains room for improvisation. The volume of mazurkas for piano composed by Frédéric Chopin (Chopin, Frédéric) (1810–49) reflects the dance's popularity in his day. The varsoviana is a 19th-century couple dance that evolved from a simple mazurka step. The smooth kujawiak and the energetic oberek are Polish dances that are closely related to the mazurka.

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