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The 'mazurka' (Polish: ''mazurek'', named after Poland's Mazovia district; ''mazurka'' is the feminine form of ''mazurek'') is a Polish folk dance in triple metre with a lively tempo, containing a heavy accent on the third or second beat. The dance became popular at Ballroom dances in the rest of Europe during the nineteenth century. The Polish national anthem is a mazurka.
Several classical composers have written mazurkas, with the best known being the 58 composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano. Henryk Wieniawski wrote two for violin with piano (the popular "Obertas", op. 19), and in the 1920s, Karol Szymanowski wrote a set of twenty for piano.
In Russia, Tchaikovsky composed six mazurkas for solo piano, one for his ''Swan Lake'' score, one in his opera ''Eugene Onegin'', and one for his ''Sleeping Beauty'' score; Leo Delibes composed one which appears several times in the first act of his ballet ''Coppelia''; Borodin wrote two in his ''Petite Suite'' for piano; Mikhail Glinka also wrote two, and Alexander Scriabin used the form as well. The Mazurka is an important dance in many Russian novels. In addition to its mention in Leo Tolstoy's ''Anna Karenina'' as well as in a protracted episode in ''War and Peace'', the dance is prominently featured in Ivan Turgenev's novel ''Fathers and Sons''. Arkady reserves the Mazurka for Madame Odintsov with whom he is falling in love.
In France, Impressionistic composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel both wrote Mazurkas: Debussy's is a stand-alone piece, and Ravel's is part of a suite of an early work, ''La Parade''.
In Swedish folk music, the quaver or eight-note polska has a similar rhythm to the mazurka, and the two dances have a common origin.
In Brazil, the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote a mazurka for classical guitar in a similar musical style to Polish mazurkas.
The dance was also common as a popular dance in Europe the United States in the mid- to late 19th century. It survives in some old time fiddle tunes, and also in early Cajun music, though it has largely fallen out of Cajun music now. In the Southern United States it was sometimes known as a 'mazuka'.
In Cape Verde the mazurka is also revered as an important cultural phenomenon played with a violin and accompanied by guitars. It also takes a dance form found in the north of the archipelago, mainly in São Nicolau, Santo Antão.
Mazurkas are also popular in the traditional dance music of County Donegal, Ireland.
Groucho Marx mentions the Mazurka in his song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" from "At the Circus": "For two bits, she will do a Mazurka in Jazz..."
★ Polish music
★ Polonaise
★ history, description, costumes, music, sources
★ Mazurka within traditional dances of the County of Nice (France)
★ The Russian Mazurka
★ The Mazurka Project
Several classical composers have written mazurkas, with the best known being the 58 composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano. Henryk Wieniawski wrote two for violin with piano (the popular "Obertas", op. 19), and in the 1920s, Karol Szymanowski wrote a set of twenty for piano.
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| The Mazurka Outside Poland |
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The Mazurka Outside Poland
In Russia, Tchaikovsky composed six mazurkas for solo piano, one for his ''Swan Lake'' score, one in his opera ''Eugene Onegin'', and one for his ''Sleeping Beauty'' score; Leo Delibes composed one which appears several times in the first act of his ballet ''Coppelia''; Borodin wrote two in his ''Petite Suite'' for piano; Mikhail Glinka also wrote two, and Alexander Scriabin used the form as well. The Mazurka is an important dance in many Russian novels. In addition to its mention in Leo Tolstoy's ''Anna Karenina'' as well as in a protracted episode in ''War and Peace'', the dance is prominently featured in Ivan Turgenev's novel ''Fathers and Sons''. Arkady reserves the Mazurka for Madame Odintsov with whom he is falling in love.
In France, Impressionistic composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel both wrote Mazurkas: Debussy's is a stand-alone piece, and Ravel's is part of a suite of an early work, ''La Parade''.
In Swedish folk music, the quaver or eight-note polska has a similar rhythm to the mazurka, and the two dances have a common origin.
In Brazil, the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote a mazurka for classical guitar in a similar musical style to Polish mazurkas.
The dance was also common as a popular dance in Europe the United States in the mid- to late 19th century. It survives in some old time fiddle tunes, and also in early Cajun music, though it has largely fallen out of Cajun music now. In the Southern United States it was sometimes known as a 'mazuka'.
In Cape Verde the mazurka is also revered as an important cultural phenomenon played with a violin and accompanied by guitars. It also takes a dance form found in the north of the archipelago, mainly in São Nicolau, Santo Antão.
Mazurkas are also popular in the traditional dance music of County Donegal, Ireland.
Groucho Marx mentions the Mazurka in his song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" from "At the Circus": "For two bits, she will do a Mazurka in Jazz..."
Media
See also
★ Polish music
★ Polonaise
External links
★ history, description, costumes, music, sources
★ Mazurka within traditional dances of the County of Nice (France)
★ The Russian Mazurka
★ The Mazurka Project
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