mazurkas
Triple-time folk dances
Mazurkas is the plural of mazurka, a Polish folk dance in triple time with a strong accent on the second or third beat.
The dance became popular in European ballrooms in the nineteenth century.
Chopin's piano mazurkas remain the best-known musical examples of the form: The concert featured three of Chopin's mazurkas.
Dance in three-quarter time
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- polonaiseCeremonial dance composition
- folk danceCommunal heritage choreography
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
triple meter · couples · spinning · gliding · stamping · promenade · choreography · traditional
Polish Romantic pianist-composer
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- nocturneContemplative keyboard piece
- etudeInstrumental practice composition
polonaise · rubato · triple time · accent · syncopation · romantic · virtuoso · recital
Poland's largest city
- KrakowHistoric Polish metropolis
- folk traditionCommunity customs across generations
- national danceCountry's traditional choreographed form
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
Central European · heritage · costume · regional · village · peasant · cultural identity · patriotism
waltz
Dance in three-quarter time
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- polonaiseCeremonial dance composition
- folk danceCommunal heritage choreography
ballroom · triple meter · couples · spinning · gliding · stamping · promenade · choreography · traditional · peasant dance
Chopin
Polish Romantic pianist-composer
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- nocturneContemplative keyboard piece
etude · polonaise · rubato · triple time · accent · syncopation · romantic · virtuoso · recital · salon
Warsaw
Poland's largest city
- KrakowHistoric Polish metropolis
- folk traditionCommunity customs across generations
- national danceCountry's traditional choreographed form
Slavic · Central European · heritage · costume · regional · village · peasant · cultural identity · patriotism · homeland
- worksmasterpieces, compositions, piece, pieces, work
- Chopinnocturne, polonaise, waltz, etude, ballade
- classical music inspirationsopera, ballet, symphony, sonata, concerto
- parlor musicpiano music, sentimental ballads, piano solos, vocal solos, waltzes
- piano musicpiano, solo piano, blues piano, four hands, piano solos
- piano piecesnocturne, etude, prelude, ballade, impromptu
mazurkasmarches
Coordinated rhythmic walking
polkas · tangos · two-steps · quicksteps · foxtrots
mazurkastarantellas
Rapid whirling folk dances
boleros · flamenco · flamencos · Irish jigs · jigs