mazurka
Americannoun
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a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
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music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
noun
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a Polish national dance in triple time
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a piece of music composed for this dance
Etymology
Origin of mazurka
1810–20; < Polish, equivalent to Mazur Mazovia (district in northern Poland) + -ka noun suffix
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The mazurka - derived from a Polish musical form - and contradança from the British quadrille dance.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
He eventually settled in Paris, giving concerts, teaching the piano and composing music, some based on Polish dances like the polonaise and the mazurka.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
“You get high marks for your mazurka, and your pasodoble is passable, but your tango is a no-go.”
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2023
This is one of Petipa’s marvels, with mazurka and Hungarian character dances to lift you out of your seat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2016
I may as well mention here, that there is nothing less like romping than the mazurka, when danced properly; and so Lord George as much as told her.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
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