Mazurkas

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Mazurkas are a celebrated collection of piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin that transform the traditional Polish folk dance into highly expressive, sophisticated art music.

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instanceOf mazurka
piano composition collection
approximateCompositionPeriodEnd 1849
approximateCompositionPeriodStart 1820s
associatedDance mazurka
basedOn Polish folk dance
cataloguedIn Opus numbers and posthumous numbers
composer Frédéric Chopin
containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 17
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Mazurkas, Op. 24
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Mazurkas, Op. 30
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Mazurkas, Op. 33
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Mazurkas, Op. 41
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Mazurkas, Op. 50
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Mazurkas, Op. 56
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Mazurkas, Op. 59
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Mazurkas, Op. 6
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Mazurkas, Op. 63
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Mazurkas, Op. 67
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Mazurkas, Op. 68
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Mazurkas, Op. 7
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Mazurkas, Op. posth.
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countryOfOrigin Poland
culturalSignificance expression of Polish nationalism in music
transformation of folk dance into art music
firstPublicationYear 1830
form dance-derived character piece
genre Romantic music
art music
influencedBy Polish folk music
traditional mazurka dance
instrumentation solo piano
keyVariety various major and minor keys
languageOfTempoMarkings Italian
movementType single-movement pieces
notableFeature accented second or third beat
drone bass patterns
evocation of Polish national character
highly chromatic harmony
miniature character pieces
rubato and flexible rhythm
use of modal inflections
notableInterpreter Arthur Rubinstein
Martha Argerich
Vladimir Ashkenazy
notatedAs mazurka
numberOfWorks 59
performanceDifficulty intermediate to advanced
period Romantic era
reception celebrated as masterpieces of piano literature
timeSignature triple meter
typicalPerformanceContext concert performance
recital repertoire

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Frédéric Chopin notableWork Mazurkas
Raymonda hasFamousSection Mazurka
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Coppélia notableDanceNumber Mazurka
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Theodor Leschetizky notableWork Mazurkas, Op. 24
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 6
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 7
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 17
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 24
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 30
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 33
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 41
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 50
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 56
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 59
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 63
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 67
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. 68
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Mazurkas (Chopin) containsWork Mazurkas, Op. posth.
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Les Sylphides usesMusic Mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin
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