mazurka
or ma·zour·ka
a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
Origin of mazurka
1Words Nearby mazurka
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How to use mazurka in a sentence
Maciejowski wrote also four mazurka strophes eulogising Hanka's scientific achievements, and Chopin set them to music.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe trio (poco piu mosso), the more original portion of the mazurka, reappears in a slightly altered form in later mazurkas.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksWould you believe it, they were all flocking about us in crowds; in the mazurka they did nothing but seek her out.
Smoke | Turgenev Ivan SergeevichHow she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron!
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenThe theme was in somewhat the nature of a mazurka, sweet and graceful.
A Russian Proprietor | Lyof N. Tolstoi
British Dictionary definitions for mazurka
mazourka
/ (məˈzɜːkə) /
a Polish national dance in triple time
a piece of music composed for this dance
Origin of mazurka
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