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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