Mazurka
Polish lively triple-meter musical form with accents on beats two and three / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Mazurka (disambiguation).
The Mazurka (Polish: mazurek) is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, with character defined mostly by the prominent mazur's "strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat".[2] The Mazurka, alongside the polka dance, became popular at the ballrooms and salons of Europe in the 19th century, particularly through the notable works by Frédéric Chopin. The mazurka (in Polish mazur, the same word as the mazur) and mazurek (rural dance based on the mazur) are often confused in Western literature as the same musical form.[3]
Mazurka, played on harmonica by Aaron Morgan and recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in 1939.
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