mazurka
/məˈzəːkə
/ /məˈzʊəkə /noun
A lively Polish dance in triple time.The recital consists of essentially triple-time dance music - mazurkas, waltzes, and polonaises - although you might find it difficult to trip the light fantastic to any of this....
- This collection of Italian waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and tarantellas for solo violin is an excellent teaching tool for double stops, scales, arpeggios and style.
- Scriabin's early works, until about 1903, are lyrical and effusive, formally inspired by Chopin (waltzes, mazurkas, ballades, preludes, impromptus and scherzos), though where content was concerned his voice was very much his own.
Origin
Early 19th century: via German from Polish mazurka, accusative or genitive singular of mazurek 'folk dance from Mazovia', from mazur, denoting an inhabitant of the province Mazovia.
Rhymes
- staycation
- stayer
- staying power
- stay-in strike
- Stayman
- Stayman Winesap
- stay of execution
- stay on
- stay over
- stay put
- stay rod
- staysail
- stay someone's hand
- stay stitching
- stay the course (or distance)
- stay up
- stay well
- stay with
- Staël, Mme de
- St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
- St Barts
- St. Basil's Cathedral
- stbd.
- St Bernard
- St Bernard dog