noun. A Polish dance resembling the polka, usually in 3/4 or 3/8 time with the second beat heavily accented, and frequently adopted as a ballet form.

noun. The music for this dance.

noun. A lively Polish dance, properly for four or eight pairs of dancers, originally performed with a singing accompaniment.

noun. Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, which is triple and moderately rapid, with a capricious accent on the second beat of the measure.

noun. A Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.

noun. A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.

noun. a Polish national dance in triple time

noun. music composed for dancing the mazurka

"My last remarks hold good with the fourth mazurka, which is bleak and joyless till, with the entrance of A major, a fairer prospect opens."

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