Mazurka meaning

mə-zûr'kə, -zo͝or'-
A Polish dance resembling the polka, usually in 3/4 or 3/8 time with the second beat heavily accented, and frequently adopted as a ballet form.
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The music for this dance.
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A lively Polish folk dance.
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Music for this, generally in 3/4 or 3/8 time.
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(music) A Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.
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(music) A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.
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Origin of mazurka

  • Russian possibly from Polish (tańczyć) mazurka (to dance) the mazurka accusative of mazurek dance of the Mazovians from diminutive of Mazur person from Mazovia, a historical region of eastern Poland
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Russian мазурку (mazurku), from Polish mazurek (“dance of the Masurian"), the Masurians being the inhabitants of Mazowsze (compare Medieval Latin Mazovia), an ancient cultural region in east-central Poland.
    From Wiktionary

Mazurka Sentence Examples

  • The band struck up the newly introduced mazurka.

  • As the mazurka began, Boris saw that Adjutant General Balashev, one of those in closest attendance on the Emperor, went up to him and contrary to court etiquette stood near him while he was talking to a Polish lady.

  • mazurka op.17/4 And bear in mind that this piece lies at the definitive end of the editorial spectrum!

  • II.; Apparitions, 1-3; Berceuse; Valse impromptu; Mazurka brillant; 3 Caprices Valses; Galop chromatique; Mephisto-Walzer, I.,II.,III.

  • Knowing that Denisov had a reputation even in Poland for the masterly way in which he danced the mazurka, Nicholas ran up to Natasha:

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