mazurka

American  

[muh-zur-kuh, -zoor-] / məˈzɜr kə, -ˈzʊər- /

Or mazourka

noun

1. a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.

2. music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

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mazurka British  

/ məˈzɜːkə /

noun

1. a Polish national dance in triple time

2. a piece of music composed for this dance

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Etymology

Origin of mazurka

1810–20; < Polish, equivalent to Mazur Mazovia (district in northern Poland) + -ka noun suffix

Example Sentences

The mazurka - derived from a Polish musical form - and contradança from the British quadrille dance.

From BBC

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

American Ballet Theatre “Other Dances,” a classic by Jerome Robbins, originally danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova and set to Chopin mazurkas and a waltz.

From Seattle Times

A Chopin mazurka floated on air out of shimmering chords in Shaw’s score, while Snider’s quiet tolling of bells was so majestic that it almost seemed like electronic music.

From Los Angeles Times

He exploited time signatures and forms; for “Night Music,” he wrote a waltz, two sarabandes, two mazurkas, a polonaise, an étude and a gigue — nearly an entire score written in permutations of triple time.

From New York Times