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cracovienne

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[kruh-koh-vee-en, kruh-koh-vee-en] / krəˌkoʊ viˈɛn, krəˈkoʊ viˌɛn /

noun

  1. krakowiak.


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If Mademoiselle instead of flattering Jos�phine, the Cracovienne, flattered some pretty gentleman--who knows?

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Cracovienne′, a graceful Polish dance, resembling the mazourka: the music for such; Crac′owe, a long-toed boot fashionable under Richard II.

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I saw Fanny Elssler dance the cracovienne and the cachucha, and it is a memory which will linger with me always.

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Kochanowski dances the Cracovienne to perfection.

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Quite different yet equally effective in its way is his "Cracovienne Fantastic," Op.

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