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1. Mazurka
   The mazurka is a national dance which derives its name from Mazovia in Poland where it originated. It is sometimes accompanied by singing, and its music is usually in 3/4 or 3/8 time. The peculiar rhythm of the mazurka was much used by Chopin and by Wieniawski.
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2. mazurka
   [n] - music composed for dancing the mazurka 2. [n] - a Polish national dance in triple time
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3. Mazurka
   A type of Polish folk dance.
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4. mazurka
   noun a Polish national dance in triple time
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5. mazurka
   noun music composed for dancing the mazurka
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6. Mazurka
   • (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.
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7. mazurka
   Polish folk dance for a circle of couples, characterized by stamping feet and clicking heels and traditionally danced to the music of bagpipes. The ... [1 related articles]
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8. mazurka
   mazurka (muzûr'ku, –zoor'–) , Polish national dance that spread to England and the United States at the beginning of the 19th cent. Danced by four or eight couples and characterized by stamping of the feet and clicking of the heels, it is in moderate triple meter and permits...
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9. mazurka
   Any of a family of traditional Polish dances from the 16th century, characterized by foot-stamping and heel-clicking, together with a turning movement. The music for the mazurka is in triple time (3/4), with dotted rhythms and the accentuation of weak beats, on which phrases also begin and end. It is found at a variety of speeds, but is...
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10. Mazurka
    The `mazurka` (in Polish, `mazurek`) is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with accent on the third or second beat. History: The folk origins of the mazurek are two other Polish musical forms—the slow kujawiak, and the fast oberek. ...
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