英语词汇“mazurka”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Sometimes he expressed his longing for Poland, at that time swallowed up in the Russian Empire, through his highly stylised adaptation of Polish folk dances - mazurkas and polonaises. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After all, Mr. Greenstein said, “you wouldn’t dream of removing performance practice from a Bach French suite or Chopin mazurka.” yMusic to Bring Its Versatility to Ecstatic Music Festival 2012-02-03T17:45:10Z

The lithesome, elegant musical style known as choro originated in Rio during the 19th century, as an adaptation of folk traditions like the Cuban habanera and the Polish mazurka. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

He brought out the ruminative, poetic elements of the music, even in mazurkas and waltzes that might seem lithe on the surface. A Critic and a Pianist, Close but Not Quite Friends 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

The evening ended with alluring performances of five Chopin works, including elegantly voiced mazurkas and a powerfully wrought Ballade No. 2 and Scherzo No. 2, whose technical challenges Mr. Varjon deftly conquered. Review: Denes Varjon, a Hungarian Pianist, at Zankel Hall 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

He exploited time signatures and forms; for “Night Music,” he wrote a waltz, two sarabandes, two mazurkas, a polonaise, an étude and a gigue — nearly an entire score written in permutations of triple time. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Adès, an accomplished pianist, pays tribute to Chopin by writing modern-day, harmonically spiky, rhythmically fractured mazurkas that imaginatively span the keyboard. 2010-02-11T23:33:00Z

Even in the sprightly mazurkas his playing is subtly melancholic and mystical. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

The bittersweet pathos that would infuse so many of his compositions based on Polish dances — the mazurkas and polonaises — here appears as the musical expression of survivor’s guilt. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

She excelled in the dreamy slow movement and brought the lilt of a wistful mazurka to the finale. Music Review: Charles Dutoit Conducts Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall 2012-05-21T04:01:15Z

I don’t think Chopin expected his 58 mazurkas to be widely appreciated. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z

Subtlety distinguished his set of Chopin mazurkas, a velvety touch evoking folk music instruments such as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies, or shepherd’s pipes. Russian pianist quarrels, attacks and fox trots in spectacular debut at the Phillips 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

What followed was a virtual 30-minute theme-and-variations' marathon, with each of the 10 variations, including a waltz and mazurka, having distinct flavors; the work ending with another variation and coda. In-your-face Tchaikovsky from American Contemporary Ballet 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

His complete Chopin recordings have been issued in a two-disc set, including the First Piano Concerto, the Third Sonata, the 14 waltzes, selected nocturnes and mazurkas, and an incomparable account of the deceptively complex Barcarolle. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

Listen more closely, and even the jaunty mazurkas are quizzical, wistful and poetic. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z

The program included technical challenges like the Etudes, musical challenges like Poland’s dances — mazurkas and polonaises — as well as concertos with an orchestra. Top piano event winner says pandemic helped him concentrate 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Rather than CDs containing all the scherzos or mazurkas, he chose instead to mix genres, with the result being an unusually refreshing listening experience. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

What mazurka and what czardas are more irresistible than those here? ‘Coppélia’ Returns to American Ballet Theater Repertory 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

While not all of the works on the programs feature music by Chopin, one important highlight — Jerome Robbins’s 1969 ballet “Dances at a Gathering” — is set to 18 of his mazurkas, waltzes and études. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

During one stretch, she found common ground between two of Brahms’s searching intermezzos and a few of Chopin’s mercurial, lilting mazurkas. Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

Contrasting three Chopin mazurkas, elegantly played, with the premiere of Three Mazurkas, Op. 2010-02-11T23:33:00Z

Chopin, born in 1810 of a Polish mother and a French father, drew widely from folk and Polish national dance music, like the quick-tempo mazurka, or stately polonaise, making it difficult to interpret for non-Poles. Jury to choose winner of prestigious piano contest 2010-10-20T16:22:00Z

Her delivery of Chopin's occasionally fiery political passion underlined the brilliance of Robert Schumann's description of the mazurkas as "cannons buried in flowers". Weir Untangled/MacGregor 2010-06-08T20:44:00Z

There’s a rich luxuriance to his movement that, even amid the Act I mazurka, sets him apart. Dance Review: A Wild Man-Child by Way of the Bolshoi Tears Up the Met Stage 2011-06-19T22:43:45Z

And as a proud Polish artist playing Chopin’s mazurkas, which evoked a Polish dance form, he was unrivaled. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

Robbins would create his best ballets to Chopin’s mazurkas, waltzes and etudes for piano. Big hats, ballerinas and belly laughs: ‘The Concert’ puts comic spin on ballet

You feel the layers of his thought — Poland as home, the mazurka as tradition, Chopin as Romantic — but principally he’s immersed in dance itself rather than communication. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet in ?Signatures 10? at Gould Hall 2010-04-25T22:26:00Z

But profundity is never sacrificed for virtuosity, as demonstrated in memorable interpretations of eight mazurkas, the Sonata No. 3 and two nocturnes. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

He reveled in writing sonorous ballades, dreamy nocturnes, bittersweet mazurkas and personal pieces. Emanuel Ax and Stephen Hough Explore the French Side of Chopin 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

But even with Mr. Kissin’s supreme rhythmic and melodic command, a set of six Chopin mazurkas turned tedious, with little to connect among them and few surprises within them. Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

From the steps it's possible to recognise the sequence as a mazurka. A few small steps from Ballets Russes ... one giant leap for dance historians 2011-02-02T18:23:55Z

This is one of Petipa’s marvels, with mazurka and Hungarian character dances to lift you out of your seat. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Raymonda’ comes slowly to life 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

With a children's mazurka, a cast of courtiers and a full corps de ballet, we get a glimpse of the opulence audiences in imperial Moscow would have enjoyed. Bolshoi: Russian Seasons 2010-07-30T20:31:00Z

The male dancers responded admirably to virtuoso symmetries of their mazurka. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s Ashton Program at the Met 2010-06-09T22:16:00Z

American Ballet Theatre “Other Dances,” a classic by Jerome Robbins, originally danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova and set to Chopin mazurkas and a waltz. Five top dance companies give NY fans a treat at free outdoor festival founded during pandemic 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

A Chopin mazurka floated on air out of shimmering chords in Shaw’s score, while Snider’s quiet tolling of bells was so majestic that it almost seemed like electronic music. Review: What is Pan-American music? Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Gabriela Martinez have some ideas 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z

In his earlier years, he composed in a hyperromantic style and forms, including volatile preludes, dreamy études, ebullient mazurkas and searching sonatas. Perspective | A critic’s suggestions for art with added meaning during a stay-at-home pandemic 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

Moreover, while there are flashes of wit throughout, especially in the waltzes and mazurkas, the abiding mood is one of an elegant and poetic contemplation. Review | Chopin: dismissive, anti-Semitic and a ‘poet of sweet sound’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

Chopin composed almost entirely for the piano, drawing inspiration from Poland's folk and dance music, like the mazurka and the polonaise. 78 pianists in Poland's Frederic Chopin competition that paves the way to world career 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Chopin composed almost entirely for the piano, drawing inspiration from Poland’s folk and dance music, like the mazurka and the polonaise. 78 pianists in renowned Chopin competition in Poland 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

I look forward eagerly," B�low wrote to a friend, "to your Chopin, that immortal romanticist par excellence, whose mazurkas alone are a monument more enduring than metal. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z

Talking of operas, concerts, and balls, Evening assemblies, and afternoon calls, Sunning himself at "at homes" and bazaars, Whistling mazurkas, and smoking cigars? Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z

In a mazurka a motive occupies only one measure, in the menuet two, and in the waltz four. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z

When she died, and I went to live in Milan with Uncle Giacomo, I used to play all Chopin's mazurkas and impromptus to him, although he said he hated music if anyone else played.... The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z

"What is it?" asked Olga, turning away from the piano and ending one of Chopin's mazurkas brokenly. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z

He can be poetic and capricious and elfish in the mazurkas; indeed, it has been conceded that he is the master-interpreter of these soul-dances. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z

There was the mazurka; and the varsovienne—how pretty that was! Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z

If dance music it must be, why, have you never heard of the waltzes and mazurkas by Chopin? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z

At the end they danced a little the Russian mazurka, which I was very curious to see. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z

The six movements of this dance occupy two bars of 3-4 time, and consist of a mazurka step joined to the polka. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z

In this mazurka there is dancing, singing, gesticulating. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z

She made me take her through a valeta, a minuet, a mazurka, and she danced elegantly, but with a little of Carmen's ostentation—her dash and devilry. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

Pg 89 Taking Liberties with the Tempo In playing Chopin may one take liberties with the tempo and play different parts of the same mazurka or nocturne in various degrees of tempo? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z

After dinner someone played on the piano, and he and Mary Thornton danced a little, showing us some of the figures of the mazurka. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z

Even the Italian harpist and violinist dashed into a mazurka, of which the couples showed their appreciation by kicking out wildly on the grass. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z

But he danced the mazurka won—der—fully, and broke his leg at last. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z

We danced the mazurka with the same partners. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

A waltz period—that is, the full expression of a theme—needs sixteen measures; a menuet needs only eight, a mazurka only four measures. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z

The ballet was long, but interesting, all the mazurkas of the Empire were danced in costume. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z

The mazurka over, he began to think that Valentina would not come. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z

I remember Lord Byron well; we were great friends; you should have seen him dance the mazurka one day during the Vienna Congress.” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z

Young men say that an ugly, misshapen female, who waltzes, or joins in a polka, or redowa, or mazurka, deserves the penitentiary. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z

One asked, with constrained voice,— "It's a mazurka, isn't it?" The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z

While we were breakfasting a troop of wagoners 249or vagabonds were under the shed dancing the mazurka. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z

Softly the plash of the glittering fountain Falls on the night with the scent of mimosa, Mingled with polyglot phrases and laughter, Marking the pause 'twixt a waltz and mazurka. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z

When they tired of these, they made him vary the hailing to suit a quadrille, and a Spring dance in the same way to the mazurka polka. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z

"But, father," I said, mischievously, "have you never danced modern dances—polka, mazurkas, valses?" My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z

A piano, which had reached a dignified old age in that cloistered retreat, was called upon to mark the time of a mazurka with its cracked voice. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z

Among the music written at that time were marches, rondos, and mazurkas. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z

I asked him to compose a little piece for me, and so yesterday morning he sat down and wrote seven mazurkas, one after the other. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z

As soon as the inspiring notes of a mazurka burst forth from above, the fiery youths spurned their chairs away, and without waiting for a special invitation, hastened up the spiral staircase into the dancing-room. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z

Sophie laughed happily as she went off to dance with Bully, who was claiming her for a polka mazurka. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z

They enjoyed it immensely, however, fitting barn dances to the schottisches and mazurkas and two steps to the polkas. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z

Often he sat up till midnight working upon a mazurka or a waltz. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z

He rose, sat at the piano, and began to play Chopin's mazurka. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z

Just then a good many couples were dancing a mazurka. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z

She must teach them to read, write, and speak French, and play a few mazurkas on the piano. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z

Then my partner for the mazurka came, and I saw Ranny go over to you. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z

While Chopin played a last mazurka, the ladies filled the pockets of the coach with wine and dainties. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z

The feet fall pat to the perfect time of the soldiers' music: valse, galop, polka, mazurka, Lancers—Peggy dances them all. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z

There are many figures in the mazurka, Heinrich had every opportunity of studying them to the end from a window recess. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z

I played Chopin's mazurkas until my brain reeled. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z

Already the master of the ceremonies came to know if I preferred a mazurka or a waltz. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z

He simply called them waltzes, marches, and mazurkas. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z

It mattered little what he played—polka, waltz, galop, or mazurka—whatever the tune, the couples all rotated more or less slowly about; so it was evidently an English gathering. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z

The Parisians had heard there was nothing more graceful than a well-danced Polish mazurka; could none of the Russian ladies dance one for them?--a very bold request, but they were all friends. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z

Some of the music forms which he wrote are the nocturne, waltz, mazurka, impromptu, concerto, polonaise, etude. Chopin The Story of the Boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies 2011-01-22T03:00:15.747Z

I may as well mention here, that there is nothing less like romping than the mazurka, when danced properly; and so Lord George as much as told her. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z

He was playing a mazurka from Kontsky—wild, eager, thrilling,—a mad mazurka. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z

Mademoiselle, had she been near, would have been highly irate at the wrong notes and other faults that marred the beauty of their mazurka. The School by the Sea

"Very well, then you must give up the mazurka," said Natalie, decidedly. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z

Then he and Muriel walked demurely back to join the tinkling mazurka down below and, though many enquiries were set on foot as to the perpetrator of the outrage, Michael was never found out. Sinister Street, vol. 1

And, upon the deck of the last dahabeeyah, a woman played a fantastic mazurka. Bye-Ways

At last, on the delicate tinkle of a dying mazurka, Cunningham stopped quite suddenly, and silence succeeded for a while. Carnival

The performances were French quadrilles, English hornpipes, German waltzes, Russian mazurkas, and Spanish fandangos. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville.

After Pachotin had soberly placed his heels together and acknowledged his deep devotion to the lady by a suitable courtesy, the mazurka was at an end. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z

It was not surprizing that under the influence of the waltz and the Circassian circle and the schottische and the quadrille and the mazurka that Michael should fall in love. Sinister Street, vol. 1

To instance what I mean, who ever saw any but a Hungarian dance the mazurka with even tolerable grace? Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands

In looking through the list of his compositions, teeming with mazurkas, valses, polonaises, and other forms of national dance music, one could hardly suppose that here one of the most melancholy natures has revealed itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"

The trombones, bassoons, and cornets � piston, of which the harmonious strains had accompanied so many mazurkas in the bosom of peace, were suddenly transformed into warlike weapons, shining formidably in the light of the torches. The Grandee

That trio of Chopin's Funeral March played in C and declared as a citation from the celebrated mazurka of Schubert does touch the rib risible. Ivory Apes and Peacocks

But in that case, let me ask you for a mazurka.' Fathers and Children

"One, two, three…!" the band launched into an old Talexian mazurka, which Barbary organs used to play, irritatingly, under my window last year. Letters from my Windmill

It is well to sift the posthumous works from those published under Chopin’s direction, for the last three mazurkas are the only things he did not keep back as misrepresenting him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"

It was not yet November when Paul stopped in the middle of a Chopin mazurka: "Ellenora, have you heard from Vibert?" Melomaniacs

The famous 'danza criolla' is the favourite dance of the evening: indeed, with the exception of a vagrant polka and a mazurka or two, this dance occupies the entire programme. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba

Pavel Petrovitch met her at a ball, danced a mazurka with her, in the course of which she did not utter a single rational word, and fell passionately in love with her. Fathers and Children

After a cheerful and grand supper we lay down to sleep, swung with the sound of military music and the singing of the mazurka. My First Battle A Sergeant's Story

He threw aside his pipe and seized Telimena's hand; he was eager to dance, but she ran away; so he went up to Zosia, and bowing and tottering invited her to open the mazurka. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812

But I hope they waltzed to the mazurka. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century

The Russian mazurka being a great institution, we asked our friend the Admiral, before leaving his ship, if his cadets might dance it for us. Through Finland in Carts

Meanwhile, the mazurka was drawing to a close. Fathers and Children

One can't say much in a mazurka, and I must speak. The Light Shines in Darkness

You see that guitar there; go, get the guitar and give us a mazurka! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812

Eleven years ago I saw her in Munich in a program of Schubert impromptus and Chopin preludes and mazurkas. The Merry-Go-Round

It is said no one can learn the Russian mazurka unless brought up to it from childhood; and, certainly, the figures are more intricate than the cotillion. Through Finland in Carts

Arkady began to tell his tale, and to talk of Bazarov with even greater warmth, even greater enthusiasm than he had done on the evening when he danced a mazurka with Madame Odintsov. Fathers and Children

Mikhal�vitch alluded to music; without any affectation she seated herself at the piano, and played with precision several mazurkas by Chopin, which had only just come into fashion. A Nobleman's Nest

I will order bagpipes, a bass viol, and two fiddles; and Pan Maciek, my friend, likes old July mead and a new mazurka. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812

To come down from the realm of poetry to the barren facts, it is simply a sort of quick waltz or mazurka, and the connection of Mr. Ibsen's Anitra with it is purely imaginary. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations

When one hears a man roaring for the first time in a ballroom, it sounds somewhat extraordinary, and yet this is the sort of thing which goes on during a Russian mazurka or quadrille. Through Finland in Carts

The Polish polkas and mazurkas, with their changing and fugitive rhythmus and their lively, uneven time, admirably184 embody the light and graceful spirit of this people. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science

He wrote and spoke, so all allowed, In the French language perfectly, Danced the mazurka gracefully, Without the least constraint he bowed. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse

Hey, in the name of three hundred devils, why, I am the best dancer of the mazurka in the whole yager regiment!” Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812

Sherwood's sixth opus is made up of a brace of mazurkas. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions

Valse, mazurka, and nocturne, prelude and polonaise Clamour and wander and wail on the opiate air, Piercing our hearts with echo of passionate days, Peopling a top front lodging with shapes of care. Nights in London

The heartstirring strains of their mazurkas make many a bosom beat and ache as they remind the listeners of past times. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science

In times past, When the mazurka used to peal, All rattled in the ball-room vast, The parquet cracked beneath the heel, And jolting jarred the window-frames. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse

When I have finished my bottle, though a monk, I occasionally tuck up my gown, and dance a bit of a mazurka! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812

Hardly had he begun one off those pretty mazurkas with a Polish rhythm, which make him the successor of Chopin, when his wife began to talk, quite low at first, then a little louder. Artists' Wives

As he sat beside his cousin, talked to her, held her in his arms during one of the wild, Russian mazurkas, he felt his body tremble with the terrible force within him. The Genius

The rhythm of a mazurka was in her ears and she sang louder, trying to drown it. The Black Cross

However, the mazurka lacks Nought of its charms original In country towns, where still it keeps Its stamping, capers and high leaps. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse

I was dancing the mazurka, and he shouted from behind, ‘Scoundrel!’ Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812

We knew the polka and the waltz, the mazurka, the quadrille, and the lancers, and several fancy dances. The Promised Land

Linked together, the two proceeded across the carpet in a movement which suggested in equal parts the careless vigour of the cake-walk and the grace of the old-fashioned mazurka. The Girl on the Boat

They whirled, gliding, twisting in and out among the dancers; and suddenly, swiftly, as at a signal, the music broke into the measure of the mazurka. The Black Cross

Or shall I speak of Chopin again, of the Chopin mazurkas! Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques

I tell you what: let's have a game of cards, of vingt et un or whist; or shall we start a mazurka? Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812

He had the greatest desire to speak to her about Elena, to question her, to reassure himself; but the orchestra struck up a languorous mazurka and the Florentine countess was carried off by her partner. The Child of Pleasure

They came from Peru, and danced the mazurka in green jackets with a jabot. The Young Duke

The figure of the mazurka grew stranger and more complicated. The Black Cross

Yet I vainly scan piano recital programs for such numbers as those C-sharp minor mazurkas, for the F minor Ballade, for that beautiful and extremely original Ballade Op. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques

The dancers tossed it off standing, and immediately a cry rose on all sides for a Polish mazurka—the national dance. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag

The mazurka was over; the group broke up. The Child of Pleasure

Scriabine writes mazurkas, preludes, études, nocturnes and waltzes in his master's cool, polite, fastidious general manner. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers

Rose looked up at him abruptly, her fingers still rattling off a lively mazurka. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel

Fancy those sprightly, spiritual, and very national dances, the mazurkas, not making an impression! Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques

Besides these, incidental reference is made to the symphonies of Beethoven, the sonatas of Schubert, the mazurkas of Chopin, and other pianoforte compositions of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Chopin, and Brahms. Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition

No doubt some of his mazurkas are merely artistic settings of these old love songs, but they are the settings of an inspired jeweller. Chopin and Other Musical Essays

There was a decided fancy for the polka and a species of mazurka, which I remembered having learned from a dancing-master in the dawn of life, under some strange and forgotten name. Spanish Life in Town and Country

It is not alone a knowledge of the constituent factors of a symphony, or the difference between a sonata and a suite, a march and a mazurka, that is rare. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art

I found it when I came across five mazurkas in the key of C-sharp minor. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques

Of duple measure, the march and polka are familiar examples; of triple measure, the waltz and mazurka. Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition

If we can judge by the number of pieces of each class that he wrote, the mazurka was Chopin's favorite form. Chopin and Other Musical Essays

If the powerful autocrat of the North knew what a dangerous enemy threatens him in Chopin's works in the simple melodies of his mazurkas, he would forbid music. Great Violinists And Pianists

The intrigues to secure her for a waltz or a mazurka displayed diplomatic talent enough to have set half a dozen German principalities and powers by the ears. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough'

Here is a mazurka that will be heard later than 1955! Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques

The real Chopin is to be found in his nocturnes, mazurkas, and ballads, not in his sonatas. The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development

Perhaps it was a patriotic rather than an æsthetic feeling which led him thus to favor the mazurka. Chopin and Other Musical Essays

After all, I had to come away in the middle of a delightful mazurka. Records of a Girlhood

After the waltz came a mazurka, and after the mazurka another set of quadrilles. Corporal Sam and Other Stories

Amelia and the dwarf danced the mazurka, and their shadows, now as short as themselves, then long and gigantic, danced beside them. The Brownies and Other Tales

She sings a tender lament, which, as the moonlight falls about her, develops into the famous "Shadow Song," a polka mazurka, which she sings and dances to her shadow. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers

I refer, especially, to the endings of his last two nocturnes and to the final bars of the mazurka, opus 59, No. 3. Chopin and Other Musical Essays

"Is it the mazurka that's got the hiccoughs in the middle?" asked Sandy, anxiously. Sandy

Many of the officers' wives accompanied the regiment, and these helped to make up the quadrille, the mazurka, the redowa,—at that time the latest dance,—and every day saw a merry gathering of revelers. The Nameless Castle

"Do you know this?" said Amelia, and she danced a few paces of a polka mazurka. The Brownies and Other Tales

The music for this was the mazurka from "Romeo and Juliet." The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912

I have already mentioned the fact that when he wrote his last mazurka he was too weak to try it on the piano. Chopin and Other Musical Essays

He gave his horse a smart cut of the whip, which made the jaded animal start off at a sort of pathetic mazurka gait up the side of the mountain. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories

When the troop drew near to the village, the band struck up a lively mazurka, and to this spirited march the soldiers made their entry into Fertöszeg. The Nameless Castle

"That is not bad, is it?" said the dwarf; "and now for our own dance," and he played the mazurka. The Brownies and Other Tales

The floor was thronged by entwined couples who, under the rhythmic domination of the music, glided and revolved in the elaborate pattern of a mazurka. Leonora

The feminine side is chiefly embodied in the mazurkas and the nocturnes. Chopin and Other Musical Essays

It was a mazurka with a swinging tune. Lady Connie

Waiting for the end of the mazurka, he went into the hall and walked up to his wife. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

It's as though I hadn't been suffering then, but had been dancing a mazurka. Love

When Nikitin and Masha went back to the house, the officers and the young ladies were already assembled and dancing the mazurka. The Party

Chopin gave them a mazurka for farewell, then the tall post master caught him up and carried him out to the coach, and all travelers started away in high spirits. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians

They came from Peru, and danced the mazurka in green jackets with a jabot! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4

A black-haired officer with prominent eyes and Tartar cheekbones danced the mazurka with Anna Pavlovna. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

After which he donned a long purple dressing-gown and a smoking-cap, in which garb he performed the first steps of a mazurka as a sign of the additional ease which he experienced. The Firm of Girdlestone

Straight in front could be seen the crack in the doorway through which there was a gleam of vivid light; from the other side of the door came the muffled sound of a melancholy mazurka. The Party

Among those early pieces were mazurkas, polonaises, valses and the like. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians

Our polkas, mazurkas, etc., based on the clearly defined original rhythm of the national folk-dances, are promising harbingers of this. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes

The same pleasant excitement with which he had earlier in the evening danced the mazurka and listened to the music was now mastering him again and rousing a multitude of thoughts. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

In short, the fun was fast and furious, and waltz followed polka and mazurka followed waltz with a rapidity which weeded out the weaker vessels among the dancers and tested the stamina of the musicians. The Firm of Girdlestone

They taught us the Polish mazurka—a dance which has more go to it than any dance I ever saw. As Seen By Me

Mikhalevich mentioned music; she sat down to the piano without affectation, and played with precision several of Chopin's mazurkas, which were then only just coming into fashion. Liza "A nest of nobles"

One of these poor little mortals, equipped as an officer of hussars, danced a mazurka with great grace and activity, and selected for his partner the Gouvernante, a fine, fat bouncing woman of twenty-five. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832

The piano at the foot of the staircase clanged through a mazurka with brazen impetuosity, as though a vulgar and impudent ghost were showing off. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale

"Because," I added, "the Princess promised long ago to dance the mazurka with me." A Hero of Our Time

How she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron! Boyhood in Norway

He kissed her on the forehead, and brought her to me, under the impression that I was her partner for the mazurka. The Forged Coupon

The memories began crowding in upon him now, and the baffling note upon which the mazurka had stopped short chimed like a tuning-fork in his ears. The Damnation of Theron Ware

On such occasions she played, for the most part, the few pieces which she still knew by heart—mazurkas by Chopin, some passages from one of Beethoven's sonatas, or the Kreisleriana. Bertha Garlan

"Have you asked her to dance the mazurka with you?" A Hero of Our Time

Meanwhile the mazurka was drawing to a close. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories

A disgusting engineer named Anisimov robbed me of the mazurka with her—to this day I cannot forgive him. The Forged Coupon

Some one started to play the piano, and every one began to dance a wild round—a mazurka, perhaps—and Tamara found herself clasped tightly in the arms of her Prince. His Hour

I asked her for a mazurka, and tried to talk to her. A Desperate Character and Other Stories

"I am afraid I shall have to lead off the mazurka with Princess Mary, and I scarcely know a single figure"... A Hero of Our Time

The heroic frame of mind, which had suddenly developed in me, had not disappeared by the end of the mazurka; but I did not indulge in any more epigrams or 'quizzing.' The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories

Although I was not nominally her partner for the mazurka, I did as a matter of fact dance nearly the whole time with her. The Forged Coupon

They danced a quadrille, a mazurka, another quadrille, a schottische, the lancers, another quadrille, and another and another. The Man in Gray

I took advantage of my partner's being invited to one of the figures of the mazurka to avoid renewing our quasi-theological discussion. A Desperate Character and Other Stories

All the same I again have the honour to engage you for the mazurka... A Hero of Our Time

The mazurka had just finished, and the dancers were breaking into groups. The Christian A Story

The musicians kept playing the same mazurka tunes over and over again in desperate exhaustion—you know what it is towards the end of a ball. The Forged Coupon

The polka had been finished, and a vigorous mazurka began. Selected Polish Tales

He swung out of the office with a mazurka step. The Minister's Charge

And now the mazurka came to an end and we separated—until we should meet again. A Hero of Our Time

In answer Boris showed his sketching folio; then he would play her quadrilles, mazurkas, excerpts from opera, and finally his own improvisations. The Precipice

My heart had been full of song, and I had heard in imagination the tune of the mazurka, but this was very harsh music. The Forged Coupon

In the ballroom polkas, valses, and mazurkas followed each other endlessly until the pale dawn appeared, and the cottage fires were lit. Selected Polish Tales

Charley resigns her to one of these latter, and she glides through a mazurka. A Terrible Secret

By the way, there is a subscription ball tomorrow in the saloon of the restaurant, and I will dance the mazurka with Princess Mary. A Hero of Our Time

Sivert could dance, and Leopoldine too; a kind of dancing peculiar to the spot, growth of the new-cleared soil; a dance with energy and swing: schottische, mazurka, waltz and polka in one. Growth of the Soil

I chose her again for the mazurka, and for the hundredth time we danced across the room. The Forged Coupon

The powerful bass voice of the leader of the mazurka rang out: 'Ladies' ronde!' Selected Polish Tales

It is danced with a light, springing step, and has been compared with the mazurka by Liszt. Norwegian Life

I went out alone, and, meeting Princess Mary I asked her to keep the mazurka for me. A Hero of Our Time

A soft serenade rendered by violins, with a harp accompaniment, was followed by a gay mazurka, played by all the instruments together,—and this finished the musical programme. Temporal Power

The appearance of the Throne-room with its royal company and brilliant picturesque groups, when the mazurkas were danced, is said to have been striking and beautiful. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1

It is thoroughly French, bringing in the waltz, polka, schottische, mazurka, and redowa. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888

Then the song went on again, with variations to suit; and thus the rustic mazurka proceeded until all had had a chance of tasting the rosy lips, so tempting to youthful swains. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian

"You are going to dance the mazurka with her?" he asked in a solemn tone. A Hero of Our Time

Mihalevitch spoke about music; she sat down without ceremony to the piano, and very correctly played some of Chopin's mazurkas, which were then just coming into fashion. A House of Gentlefolk

She looked remarkably pretty and had remarkably good style, and as she proceeded with her mazurka she was thinking, "He has never been asked here before: how perfectly silly he must feel coming so early!" The Imperialist

As we were playing the Harebell mazurka I again caught sight of her stealthy white figure in that distant doorway. Agatha Webb

The mazurkas generally received the title of "Souvenir de la Pologne." Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete

"I shall sleep badly to-night," she said to me when the mazurka was over. A Hero of Our Time

The mazurkas generally received the title of "Souvenir de la Pologne." Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2

The plaintive little mazurka of two lines, the seventh prelude, is a mere silhouette of the national dance. Chopin : the Man and His Music

"Just as the band was playing the Harebell mazurka," interpolated Sweetwater. Agatha Webb

To his beautiful Jackson Street palace the city's best people should come, and sometimes—for a favoured few—he would play his rippling etudes and nocturnes, his mazurkas and polonaises. The Story of Julia Page

Then he remembered a ball and the mazurka he danced with the beautiful D——. The Cossacks

He began to mazurka in swift caricature across the floor on sliding feet past the fireplace to J. J. O'Molloy who placed the tissues in his receiving hands. Ulysses

The mazurkas and polonaises are danced to-day in Poland, why not the valses? Chopin : the Man and His Music

Mite Shapley was so affected by it that when Rufus attempted to encircle her for the mazurka she exclaimed, "Don't act as if you were spearing logs, Rufus!" Homespun Tales

Men of fifty don't dance mazurkas, being generally too fat and wheezy; nor do they sit for the hour together on river-banks at their mistresses' feet, being somewhat afraid of rheumatism. Barchester Towers

Denisov, flushed after the mazurka and mopping himself with his handkerchief, sat down by Natasha and did not leave her for the rest of the evening. War and Peace

She played Chopin—studies, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes, a polonaise or two. Beyond

The rubato in the valses need not obtrude itself as in the mazurkas. Chopin : the Man and His Music

Nothing is danced but round dances, polkas, mazurkas, and waltzes. Caught in the Net

Men of fifty don't dance mazurkas, being generally too fat and wheezy; nor do they sit for the hour together on river banks at their mistresses' feet, being somewhat afraid of rheumatism. Barchester Towers

Only on horse back and in the mazurka was Denisov's short stature not noticeable and he looked the fine fellow he felt himself to be. War and Peace

The mazurka came to an end, and already some of the guests were saying good-bye to Grandmamma. Childhood

The episode in C rings of the mazurka, and the A major section is of exceeding loveliness; Its coda is characteristic. Chopin : the Man and His Music

There's no one to dance the mazurka now.... The Wife, and other stories

That poor Charles Keller, who danced the mazurka so well, as been killed in Africa. The Deputy of Arcis

The band struck up the newly introduced mazurka. War and Peace

Sonetchka gave me her hand, and we darted off to the salon, The wine, added to Sonetchka's presence and gaiety, had at once made me forget all about the unfortunate end of the mazurka. Childhood

It is the collective sorrow and tribal wrath of a down-trodden nation, and the mazurkas for that reason have ethnic value. Chopin : the Man and His Music

He still continued an unabated whistling, and as nobody would dance, pulled off his coat, produced a pair of castanets, and whistling a mazurka, performed it with tremendous agility. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo

When Vronsky saw her, coming across her in the mazurka, he did not at once recognize her, she was so changed. Anna Karenina

All the time Boris was going through the figures of the mazurka, he was worried by the question of what news Balashev had brought and how he could find it out before others. War and Peace

At that moment she was drawing on a long glove and, doubtless, pining to be flying over the dancing-floor, where, with clicking heels, four couples had now begun to thread the mazes of the mazurka. Dead Souls

It is profoundly ironical—what else means the introduction of that lovely mazurka, "a flower between two abysses"? Chopin : the Man and His Music

Mite Shapley was so affected by it that when Rufus attempted to encircle her for the mazurka she exclaimed, “Don’t act as if you were spearing logs, Rufus!” Rose O' the River

She fancied that in the mazurka everything must be decided. Anna Karenina

It recalls in color the B minor mazurka. Chopin : the Man and His Music

However, Chichikov slipped past the mazurka dancers, and, almost treading on their heels, made his way towards the spot where Madame and her daughter were seated. Dead Souls

One of the most characteristic is by the Polish poet Zelenski, who, so Kleczynski relates, wrote a humorous poem on this mazurka. Chopin : the Man and His Music

The mazurkas generally received the title of Souvenir de la Pologne. Chopin : the Man and His Music

The fact that he did not during the quadrille ask her for the mazurka did not trouble her. Anna Karenina

Worse still, Orlowski served up the themes of his concerto into mazurkas and had the impudence to publish them. Chopin : the Man and His Music

Barring the mazurkas, these dances are the most Polish of his works. Chopin : the Man and His Music

The mazurka is one of the finest of these, and it is quite a favorite at balls on the banks of the Neva. Chopin : the Man and His Music

She had refused five partners, and now she was not dancing the mazurka. Anna Karenina

But before the mazurka, when they were beginning to rearrange the chairs and a few couples moved out of the smaller rooms into the big room, a moment of despair and horror came for Kitty. Anna Karenina

In the middle of the mazurka, repeating a complicated figure, newly invented by Korsunsky, Anna came forward into the center of the circle, chose two gentlemen, and summoned a lady and Kitty. Anna Karenina

Yes, Stiva told me you danced the mazurka with him, and that he…" "You can't imagine how absurdly it all came about. Anna Karenina

While few men have dared to unlock their hearts thus, Chopin is not so intimate here as in the mazurkas. Chopin : the Man and His Music

"He asked her for the mazurka before me," said Countess Nordston, knowing Kitty would understand who were "he" and "her." Anna Karenina

She looked forward with a thrill at her heart to the mazurka. Anna Karenina

She felt sure she would dance the mazurka with him as she had done at former balls, and refused five young men, saying she was engaged for the mazurka. Anna Karenina

单词	mazurka
例句	mazurka Sometimes he expressed his longing for Poland, at that time swallowed up in the Russian Empire, through his highly stylised adaptation of Polish folk dances - mazurkas and polonaises. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After all, Mr. Greenstein said, “you wouldn’t dream of removing performance practice from a Bach French suite or Chopin mazurka.” yMusic to Bring Its Versatility to Ecstatic Music Festival 2012-02-03T17:45:10Z The lithesome, elegant musical style known as choro originated in Rio during the 19th century, as an adaptation of folk traditions like the Cuban habanera and the Polish mazurka. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z He brought out the ruminative, poetic elements of the music, even in mazurkas and waltzes that might seem lithe on the surface. A Critic and a Pianist, Close but Not Quite Friends 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The evening ended with alluring performances of five Chopin works, including elegantly voiced mazurkas and a powerfully wrought Ballade No. 2 and Scherzo No. 2, whose technical challenges Mr. Varjon deftly conquered. Review: Denes Varjon, a Hungarian Pianist, at Zankel Hall 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z He exploited time signatures and forms; for “Night Music,” he wrote a waltz, two sarabandes, two mazurkas, a polonaise, an étude and a gigue — nearly an entire score written in permutations of triple time. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Adès, an accomplished pianist, pays tribute to Chopin by writing modern-day, harmonically spiky, rhythmically fractured mazurkas that imaginatively span the keyboard. 2010-02-11T23:33:00Z Even in the sprightly mazurkas his playing is subtly melancholic and mystical. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z The bittersweet pathos that would infuse so many of his compositions based on Polish dances — the mazurkas and polonaises — here appears as the musical expression of survivor’s guilt. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z She excelled in the dreamy slow movement and brought the lilt of a wistful mazurka to the finale. Music Review: Charles Dutoit Conducts Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall 2012-05-21T04:01:15Z I don’t think Chopin expected his 58 mazurkas to be widely appreciated. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z Subtlety distinguished his set of Chopin mazurkas, a velvety touch evoking folk music instruments such as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies, or shepherd’s pipes. Russian pianist quarrels, attacks and fox trots in spectacular debut at the Phillips 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z What followed was a virtual 30-minute theme-and-variations' marathon, with each of the 10 variations, including a waltz and mazurka, having distinct flavors; the work ending with another variation and coda. In-your-face Tchaikovsky from American Contemporary Ballet 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z His complete Chopin recordings have been issued in a two-disc set, including the First Piano Concerto, the Third Sonata, the 14 waltzes, selected nocturnes and mazurkas, and an incomparable account of the deceptively complex Barcarolle. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z Listen more closely, and even the jaunty mazurkas are quizzical, wistful and poetic. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z The program included technical challenges like the Etudes, musical challenges like Poland’s dances — mazurkas and polonaises — as well as concertos with an orchestra. Top piano event winner says pandemic helped him concentrate 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Rather than CDs containing all the scherzos or mazurkas, he chose instead to mix genres, with the result being an unusually refreshing listening experience. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z What mazurka and what czardas are more irresistible than those here? ‘Coppélia’ Returns to American Ballet Theater Repertory 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z While not all of the works on the programs feature music by Chopin, one important highlight — Jerome Robbins’s 1969 ballet “Dances at a Gathering” — is set to 18 of his mazurkas, waltzes and études. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z During one stretch, she found common ground between two of Brahms’s searching intermezzos and a few of Chopin’s mercurial, lilting mazurkas. Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Contrasting three Chopin mazurkas, elegantly played, with the premiere of Three Mazurkas, Op. 2010-02-11T23:33:00Z Chopin, born in 1810 of a Polish mother and a French father, drew widely from folk and Polish national dance music, like the quick-tempo mazurka, or stately polonaise, making it difficult to interpret for non-Poles. Jury to choose winner of prestigious piano contest 2010-10-20T16:22:00Z Her delivery of Chopin's occasionally fiery political passion underlined the brilliance of Robert Schumann's description of the mazurkas as "cannons buried in flowers". Weir Untangled/MacGregor 2010-06-08T20:44:00Z There’s a rich luxuriance to his movement that, even amid the Act I mazurka, sets him apart. Dance Review: A Wild Man-Child by Way of the Bolshoi Tears Up the Met Stage 2011-06-19T22:43:45Z And as a proud Polish artist playing Chopin’s mazurkas, which evoked a Polish dance form, he was unrivaled. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z Robbins would create his best ballets to Chopin’s mazurkas, waltzes and etudes for piano. Big hats, ballerinas and belly laughs: ‘The Concert’ puts comic spin on ballet You feel the layers of his thought — Poland as home, the mazurka as tradition, Chopin as Romantic — but principally he’s immersed in dance itself rather than communication. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet in ?Signatures 10? at Gould Hall 2010-04-25T22:26:00Z But profundity is never sacrificed for virtuosity, as demonstrated in memorable interpretations of eight mazurkas, the Sonata No. 3 and two nocturnes. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z He reveled in writing sonorous ballades, dreamy nocturnes, bittersweet mazurkas and personal pieces. Emanuel Ax and Stephen Hough Explore the French Side of Chopin 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But even with Mr. Kissin’s supreme rhythmic and melodic command, a set of six Chopin mazurkas turned tedious, with little to connect among them and few surprises within them. Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z From the steps it's possible to recognise the sequence as a mazurka. A few small steps from Ballets Russes ... one giant leap for dance historians 2011-02-02T18:23:55Z This is one of Petipa’s marvels, with mazurka and Hungarian character dances to lift you out of your seat. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Raymonda’ comes slowly to life 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z With a children's mazurka, a cast of courtiers and a full corps de ballet, we get a glimpse of the opulence audiences in imperial Moscow would have enjoyed. Bolshoi: Russian Seasons 2010-07-30T20:31:00Z The male dancers responded admirably to virtuoso symmetries of their mazurka. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s Ashton Program at the Met 2010-06-09T22:16:00Z American Ballet Theatre “Other Dances,” a classic by Jerome Robbins, originally danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova and set to Chopin mazurkas and a waltz. Five top dance companies give NY fans a treat at free outdoor festival founded during pandemic 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z A Chopin mazurka floated on air out of shimmering chords in Shaw’s score, while Snider’s quiet tolling of bells was so majestic that it almost seemed like electronic music. Review: What is Pan-American music? Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Gabriela Martinez have some ideas 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z In his earlier years, he composed in a hyperromantic style and forms, including volatile preludes, dreamy études, ebullient mazurkas and searching sonatas. Perspective \| A critic’s suggestions for art with added meaning during a stay-at-home pandemic 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Moreover, while there are flashes of wit throughout, especially in the waltzes and mazurkas, the abiding mood is one of an elegant and poetic contemplation. Review \| Chopin: dismissive, anti-Semitic and a ‘poet of sweet sound’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Chopin composed almost entirely for the piano, drawing inspiration from Poland's folk and dance music, like the mazurka and the polonaise. 78 pianists in Poland's Frederic Chopin competition that paves the way to world career 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Chopin composed almost entirely for the piano, drawing inspiration from Poland’s folk and dance music, like the mazurka and the polonaise. 78 pianists in renowned Chopin competition in Poland 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z I look forward eagerly," B�low wrote to a friend, "to your Chopin, that immortal romanticist par excellence, whose mazurkas alone are a monument more enduring than metal. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Talking of operas, concerts, and balls, Evening assemblies, and afternoon calls, Sunning himself at "at homes" and bazaars, Whistling mazurkas, and smoking cigars? Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z In a mazurka a motive occupies only one measure, in the menuet two, and in the waltz four. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z When she died, and I went to live in Milan with Uncle Giacomo, I used to play all Chopin's mazurkas and impromptus to him, although he said he hated music if anyone else played.... The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z "What is it?" asked Olga, turning away from the piano and ending one of Chopin's mazurkas brokenly. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z He can be poetic and capricious and elfish in the mazurkas; indeed, it has been conceded that he is the master-interpreter of these soul-dances. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z There was the mazurka; and the varsovienne—how pretty that was! Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z If dance music it must be, why, have you never heard of the waltzes and mazurkas by Chopin? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z At the end they danced a little the Russian mazurka, which I was very curious to see. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The six movements of this dance occupy two bars of 3-4 time, and consist of a mazurka step joined to the polka. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In this mazurka there is dancing, singing, gesticulating. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z She made me take her through a valeta, a minuet, a mazurka, and she danced elegantly, but with a little of Carmen's ostentation—her dash and devilry. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Pg 89 Taking Liberties with the Tempo In playing Chopin may one take liberties with the tempo and play different parts of the same mazurka or nocturne in various degrees of tempo? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z After dinner someone played on the piano, and he and Mary Thornton danced a little, showing us some of the figures of the mazurka. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Even the Italian harpist and violinist dashed into a mazurka, of which the couples showed their appreciation by kicking out wildly on the grass. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z But he danced the mazurka won—der—fully, and broke his leg at last. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z We danced the mazurka with the same partners. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z A waltz period—that is, the full expression of a theme—needs sixteen measures; a menuet needs only eight, a mazurka only four measures. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z The ballet was long, but interesting, all the mazurkas of the Empire were danced in costume. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The mazurka over, he began to think that Valentina would not come. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z I remember Lord Byron well; we were great friends; you should have seen him dance the mazurka one day during the Vienna Congress.” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Young men say that an ugly, misshapen female, who waltzes, or joins in a polka, or redowa, or mazurka, deserves the penitentiary. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z One asked, with constrained voice,— "It's a mazurka, isn't it?" The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z While we were breakfasting a troop of wagoners 249or vagabonds were under the shed dancing the mazurka. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Softly the plash of the glittering fountain Falls on the night with the scent of mimosa, Mingled with polyglot phrases and laughter, Marking the pause 'twixt a waltz and mazurka. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z When they tired of these, they made him vary the hailing to suit a quadrille, and a Spring dance in the same way to the mazurka polka. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z "But, father," I said, mischievously, "have you never danced modern dances—polka, mazurkas, valses?" My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z A piano, which had reached a dignified old age in that cloistered retreat, was called upon to mark the time of a mazurka with its cracked voice. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Among the music written at that time were marches, rondos, and mazurkas. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z I asked him to compose a little piece for me, and so yesterday morning he sat down and wrote seven mazurkas, one after the other. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z As soon as the inspiring notes of a mazurka burst forth from above, the fiery youths spurned their chairs away, and without waiting for a special invitation, hastened up the spiral staircase into the dancing-room. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Sophie laughed happily as she went off to dance with Bully, who was claiming her for a polka mazurka. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z They enjoyed it immensely, however, fitting barn dances to the schottisches and mazurkas and two steps to the polkas. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Often he sat up till midnight working upon a mazurka or a waltz. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z He rose, sat at the piano, and began to play Chopin's mazurka. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Just then a good many couples were dancing a mazurka. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z She must teach them to read, write, and speak French, and play a few mazurkas on the piano. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Then my partner for the mazurka came, and I saw Ranny go over to you. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z While Chopin played a last mazurka, the ladies filled the pockets of the coach with wine and dainties. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z The feet fall pat to the perfect time of the soldiers' music: valse, galop, polka, mazurka, Lancers—Peggy dances them all. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z There are many figures in the mazurka, Heinrich had every opportunity of studying them to the end from a window recess. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z I played Chopin's mazurkas until my brain reeled. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Already the master of the ceremonies came to know if I preferred a mazurka or a waltz. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z He simply called them waltzes, marches, and mazurkas. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z It mattered little what he played—polka, waltz, galop, or mazurka—whatever the tune, the couples all rotated more or less slowly about; so it was evidently an English gathering. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z The Parisians had heard there was nothing more graceful than a well-danced Polish mazurka; could none of the Russian ladies dance one for them?--a very bold request, but they were all friends. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Some of the music forms which he wrote are the nocturne, waltz, mazurka, impromptu, concerto, polonaise, etude. Chopin The Story of the Boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies 2011-01-22T03:00:15.747Z I may as well mention here, that there is nothing less like romping than the mazurka, when danced properly; and so Lord George as much as told her. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z He was playing a mazurka from Kontsky—wild, eager, thrilling,—a mad mazurka. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z Mademoiselle, had she been near, would have been highly irate at the wrong notes and other faults that marred the beauty of their mazurka. The School by the Sea "Very well, then you must give up the mazurka," said Natalie, decidedly. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Then he and Muriel walked demurely back to join the tinkling mazurka down below and, though many enquiries were set on foot as to the perpetrator of the outrage, Michael was never found out. Sinister Street, vol. 1 And, upon the deck of the last dahabeeyah, a woman played a fantastic mazurka. Bye-Ways At last, on the delicate tinkle of a dying mazurka, Cunningham stopped quite suddenly, and silence succeeded for a while. Carnival The performances were French quadrilles, English hornpipes, German waltzes, Russian mazurkas, and Spanish fandangos. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. After Pachotin had soberly placed his heels together and acknowledged his deep devotion to the lady by a suitable courtesy, the mazurka was at an end. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z It was not surprizing that under the influence of the waltz and the Circassian circle and the schottische and the quadrille and the mazurka that Michael should fall in love. Sinister Street, vol. 1 To instance what I mean, who ever saw any but a Hungarian dance the mazurka with even tolerable grace? Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands In looking through the list of his compositions, teeming with mazurkas, valses, polonaises, and other forms of national dance music, one could hardly suppose that here one of the most melancholy natures has revealed itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The trombones, bassoons, and cornets � piston, of which the harmonious strains had accompanied so many mazurkas in the bosom of peace, were suddenly transformed into warlike weapons, shining formidably in the light of the torches. The Grandee That trio of Chopin's Funeral March played in C and declared as a citation from the celebrated mazurka of Schubert does touch the rib risible. Ivory Apes and Peacocks But in that case, let me ask you for a mazurka.' Fathers and Children "One, two, three…!" the band launched into an old Talexian mazurka, which Barbary organs used to play, irritatingly, under my window last year. Letters from my Windmill It is well to sift the posthumous works from those published under Chopin’s direction, for the last three mazurkas are the only things he did not keep back as misrepresenting him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" It was not yet November when Paul stopped in the middle of a Chopin mazurka: "Ellenora, have you heard from Vibert?" Melomaniacs The famous 'danza criolla' is the favourite dance of the evening: indeed, with the exception of a vagrant polka and a mazurka or two, this dance occupies the entire programme. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Pavel Petrovitch met her at a ball, danced a mazurka with her, in the course of which she did not utter a single rational word, and fell passionately in love with her. Fathers and Children After a cheerful and grand supper we lay down to sleep, swung with the sound of military music and the singing of the mazurka. My First Battle A Sergeant's Story He threw aside his pipe and seized Telimena's hand; he was eager to dance, but she ran away; so he went up to Zosia, and bowing and tottering invited her to open the mazurka. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 But I hope they waltzed to the mazurka. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century The Russian mazurka being a great institution, we asked our friend the Admiral, before leaving his ship, if his cadets might dance it for us. Through Finland in Carts Meanwhile, the mazurka was drawing to a close. Fathers and Children One can't say much in a mazurka, and I must speak. The Light Shines in Darkness You see that guitar there; go, get the guitar and give us a mazurka! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Eleven years ago I saw her in Munich in a program of Schubert impromptus and Chopin preludes and mazurkas. The Merry-Go-Round It is said no one can learn the Russian mazurka unless brought up to it from childhood; and, certainly, the figures are more intricate than the cotillion. Through Finland in Carts Arkady began to tell his tale, and to talk of Bazarov with even greater warmth, even greater enthusiasm than he had done on the evening when he danced a mazurka with Madame Odintsov. Fathers and Children Mikhal�vitch alluded to music; without any affectation she seated herself at the piano, and played with precision several mazurkas by Chopin, which had only just come into fashion. A Nobleman's Nest I will order bagpipes, a bass viol, and two fiddles; and Pan Maciek, my friend, likes old July mead and a new mazurka. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 To come down from the realm of poetry to the barren facts, it is simply a sort of quick waltz or mazurka, and the connection of Mr. Ibsen's Anitra with it is purely imaginary. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations When one hears a man roaring for the first time in a ballroom, it sounds somewhat extraordinary, and yet this is the sort of thing which goes on during a Russian mazurka or quadrille. Through Finland in Carts The Polish polkas and mazurkas, with their changing and fugitive rhythmus and their lively, uneven time, admirably184 embody the light and graceful spirit of this people. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science He wrote and spoke, so all allowed, In the French language perfectly, Danced the mazurka gracefully, Without the least constraint he bowed. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Hey, in the name of three hundred devils, why, I am the best dancer of the mazurka in the whole yager regiment!” Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Sherwood's sixth opus is made up of a brace of mazurkas. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Valse, mazurka, and nocturne, prelude and polonaise Clamour and wander and wail on the opiate air, Piercing our hearts with echo of passionate days, Peopling a top front lodging with shapes of care. Nights in London The heartstirring strains of their mazurkas make many a bosom beat and ache as they remind the listeners of past times. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science In times past, When the mazurka used to peal, All rattled in the ball-room vast, The parquet cracked beneath the heel, And jolting jarred the window-frames. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse When I have finished my bottle, though a monk, I occasionally tuck up my gown, and dance a bit of a mazurka! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Hardly had he begun one off those pretty mazurkas with a Polish rhythm, which make him the successor of Chopin, when his wife began to talk, quite low at first, then a little louder. Artists' Wives As he sat beside his cousin, talked to her, held her in his arms during one of the wild, Russian mazurkas, he felt his body tremble with the terrible force within him. The Genius The rhythm of a mazurka was in her ears and she sang louder, trying to drown it. The Black Cross However, the mazurka lacks Nought of its charms original In country towns, where still it keeps Its stamping, capers and high leaps. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse I was dancing the mazurka, and he shouted from behind, ‘Scoundrel!’ Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 We knew the polka and the waltz, the mazurka, the quadrille, and the lancers, and several fancy dances. The Promised Land Linked together, the two proceeded across the carpet in a movement which suggested in equal parts the careless vigour of the cake-walk and the grace of the old-fashioned mazurka. The Girl on the Boat They whirled, gliding, twisting in and out among the dancers; and suddenly, swiftly, as at a signal, the music broke into the measure of the mazurka. The Black Cross Or shall I speak of Chopin again, of the Chopin mazurkas! Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques I tell you what: let's have a game of cards, of vingt et un or whist; or shall we start a mazurka? Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 He had the greatest desire to speak to her about Elena, to question her, to reassure himself; but the orchestra struck up a languorous mazurka and the Florentine countess was carried off by her partner. The Child of Pleasure They came from Peru, and danced the mazurka in green jackets with a jabot. The Young Duke The figure of the mazurka grew stranger and more complicated. The Black Cross Yet I vainly scan piano recital programs for such numbers as those C-sharp minor mazurkas, for the F minor Ballade, for that beautiful and extremely original Ballade Op. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques The dancers tossed it off standing, and immediately a cry rose on all sides for a Polish mazurka—the national dance. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag The mazurka was over; the group broke up. The Child of Pleasure Scriabine writes mazurkas, preludes, études, nocturnes and waltzes in his master's cool, polite, fastidious general manner. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Rose looked up at him abruptly, her fingers still rattling off a lively mazurka. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Fancy those sprightly, spiritual, and very national dances, the mazurkas, not making an impression! Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Besides these, incidental reference is made to the symphonies of Beethoven, the sonatas of Schubert, the mazurkas of Chopin, and other pianoforte compositions of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Chopin, and Brahms. Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition No doubt some of his mazurkas are merely artistic settings of these old love songs, but they are the settings of an inspired jeweller. Chopin and Other Musical Essays There was a decided fancy for the polka and a species of mazurka, which I remembered having learned from a dancing-master in the dawn of life, under some strange and forgotten name. Spanish Life in Town and Country It is not alone a knowledge of the constituent factors of a symphony, or the difference between a sonata and a suite, a march and a mazurka, that is rare. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art I found it when I came across five mazurkas in the key of C-sharp minor. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Of duple measure, the march and polka are familiar examples; of triple measure, the waltz and mazurka. Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition If we can judge by the number of pieces of each class that he wrote, the mazurka was Chopin's favorite form. Chopin and Other Musical Essays If the powerful autocrat of the North knew what a dangerous enemy threatens him in Chopin's works in the simple melodies of his mazurkas, he would forbid music. Great Violinists And Pianists The intrigues to secure her for a waltz or a mazurka displayed diplomatic talent enough to have set half a dozen German principalities and powers by the ears. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' Here is a mazurka that will be heard later than 1955! Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques The real Chopin is to be found in his nocturnes, mazurkas, and ballads, not in his sonatas. The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development Perhaps it was a patriotic rather than an æsthetic feeling which led him thus to favor the mazurka. Chopin and Other Musical Essays After all, I had to come away in the middle of a delightful mazurka. Records of a Girlhood After the waltz came a mazurka, and after the mazurka another set of quadrilles. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Amelia and the dwarf danced the mazurka, and their shadows, now as short as themselves, then long and gigantic, danced beside them. The Brownies and Other Tales She sings a tender lament, which, as the moonlight falls about her, develops into the famous "Shadow Song," a polka mazurka, which she sings and dances to her shadow. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers I refer, especially, to the endings of his last two nocturnes and to the final bars of the mazurka, opus 59, No. 3. Chopin and Other Musical Essays "Is it the mazurka that's got the hiccoughs in the middle?" asked Sandy, anxiously. Sandy Many of the officers' wives accompanied the regiment, and these helped to make up the quadrille, the mazurka, the redowa,—at that time the latest dance,—and every day saw a merry gathering of revelers. The Nameless Castle "Do you know this?" said Amelia, and she danced a few paces of a polka mazurka. The Brownies and Other Tales The music for this was the mazurka from "Romeo and Juliet." The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 I have already mentioned the fact that when he wrote his last mazurka he was too weak to try it on the piano. Chopin and Other Musical Essays He gave his horse a smart cut of the whip, which made the jaded animal start off at a sort of pathetic mazurka gait up the side of the mountain. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories When the troop drew near to the village, the band struck up a lively mazurka, and to this spirited march the soldiers made their entry into Fertöszeg. The Nameless Castle "That is not bad, is it?" said the dwarf; "and now for our own dance," and he played the mazurka. The Brownies and Other Tales The floor was thronged by entwined couples who, under the rhythmic domination of the music, glided and revolved in the elaborate pattern of a mazurka. Leonora The feminine side is chiefly embodied in the mazurkas and the nocturnes. Chopin and Other Musical Essays It was a mazurka with a swinging tune. Lady Connie Waiting for the end of the mazurka, he went into the hall and walked up to his wife. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories It's as though I hadn't been suffering then, but had been dancing a mazurka. Love When Nikitin and Masha went back to the house, the officers and the young ladies were already assembled and dancing the mazurka. The Party Chopin gave them a mazurka for farewell, then the tall post master caught him up and carried him out to the coach, and all travelers started away in high spirits. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians They came from Peru, and danced the mazurka in green jackets with a jabot! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 A black-haired officer with prominent eyes and Tartar cheekbones danced the mazurka with Anna Pavlovna. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories After which he donned a long purple dressing-gown and a smoking-cap, in which garb he performed the first steps of a mazurka as a sign of the additional ease which he experienced. The Firm of Girdlestone Straight in front could be seen the crack in the doorway through which there was a gleam of vivid light; from the other side of the door came the muffled sound of a melancholy mazurka. The Party Among those early pieces were mazurkas, polonaises, valses and the like. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Our polkas, mazurkas, etc., based on the clearly defined original rhythm of the national folk-dances, are promising harbingers of this. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The same pleasant excitement with which he had earlier in the evening danced the mazurka and listened to the music was now mastering him again and rousing a multitude of thoughts. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories In short, the fun was fast and furious, and waltz followed polka and mazurka followed waltz with a rapidity which weeded out the weaker vessels among the dancers and tested the stamina of the musicians. The Firm of Girdlestone They taught us the Polish mazurka—a dance which has more go to it than any dance I ever saw. As Seen By Me Mikhalevich mentioned music; she sat down to the piano without affectation, and played with precision several of Chopin's mazurkas, which were then only just coming into fashion. Liza "A nest of nobles" One of these poor little mortals, equipped as an officer of hussars, danced a mazurka with great grace and activity, and selected for his partner the Gouvernante, a fine, fat bouncing woman of twenty-five. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 The piano at the foot of the staircase clanged through a mazurka with brazen impetuosity, as though a vulgar and impudent ghost were showing off. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale "Because," I added, "the Princess promised long ago to dance the mazurka with me." A Hero of Our Time How she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron! Boyhood in Norway He kissed her on the forehead, and brought her to me, under the impression that I was her partner for the mazurka. The Forged Coupon The memories began crowding in upon him now, and the baffling note upon which the mazurka had stopped short chimed like a tuning-fork in his ears. The Damnation of Theron Ware On such occasions she played, for the most part, the few pieces which she still knew by heart—mazurkas by Chopin, some passages from one of Beethoven's sonatas, or the Kreisleriana. Bertha Garlan "Have you asked her to dance the mazurka with you?" A Hero of Our Time Meanwhile the mazurka was drawing to a close. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories A disgusting engineer named Anisimov robbed me of the mazurka with her—to this day I cannot forgive him. The Forged Coupon Some one started to play the piano, and every one began to dance a wild round—a mazurka, perhaps—and Tamara found herself clasped tightly in the arms of her Prince. His Hour I asked her for a mazurka, and tried to talk to her. A Desperate Character and Other Stories "I am afraid I shall have to lead off the mazurka with Princess Mary, and I scarcely know a single figure"... A Hero of Our Time The heroic frame of mind, which had suddenly developed in me, had not disappeared by the end of the mazurka; but I did not indulge in any more epigrams or 'quizzing.' The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Although I was not nominally her partner for the mazurka, I did as a matter of fact dance nearly the whole time with her. The Forged Coupon They danced a quadrille, a mazurka, another quadrille, a schottische, the lancers, another quadrille, and another and another. The Man in Gray I took advantage of my partner's being invited to one of the figures of the mazurka to avoid renewing our quasi-theological discussion. A Desperate Character and Other Stories All the same I again have the honour to engage you for the mazurka... A Hero of Our Time The mazurka had just finished, and the dancers were breaking into groups. The Christian A Story The musicians kept playing the same mazurka tunes over and over again in desperate exhaustion—you know what it is towards the end of a ball. The Forged Coupon The polka had been finished, and a vigorous mazurka began. Selected Polish Tales He swung out of the office with a mazurka step. The Minister's Charge And now the mazurka came to an end and we separated—until we should meet again. A Hero of Our Time In answer Boris showed his sketching folio; then he would play her quadrilles, mazurkas, excerpts from opera, and finally his own improvisations. The Precipice My heart had been full of song, and I had heard in imagination the tune of the mazurka, but this was very harsh music. The Forged Coupon In the ballroom polkas, valses, and mazurkas followed each other endlessly until the pale dawn appeared, and the cottage fires were lit. Selected Polish Tales Charley resigns her to one of these latter, and she glides through a mazurka. A Terrible Secret By the way, there is a subscription ball tomorrow in the saloon of the restaurant, and I will dance the mazurka with Princess Mary. A Hero of Our Time Sivert could dance, and Leopoldine too; a kind of dancing peculiar to the spot, growth of the new-cleared soil; a dance with energy and swing: schottische, mazurka, waltz and polka in one. Growth of the Soil I chose her again for the mazurka, and for the hundredth time we danced across the room. The Forged Coupon The powerful bass voice of the leader of the mazurka rang out: 'Ladies' ronde!' Selected Polish Tales It is danced with a light, springing step, and has been compared with the mazurka by Liszt. Norwegian Life I went out alone, and, meeting Princess Mary I asked her to keep the mazurka for me. A Hero of Our Time A soft serenade rendered by violins, with a harp accompaniment, was followed by a gay mazurka, played by all the instruments together,—and this finished the musical programme. Temporal Power The appearance of the Throne-room with its royal company and brilliant picturesque groups, when the mazurkas were danced, is said to have been striking and beautiful. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 It is thoroughly French, bringing in the waltz, polka, schottische, mazurka, and redowa. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Then the song went on again, with variations to suit; and thus the rustic mazurka proceeded until all had had a chance of tasting the rosy lips, so tempting to youthful swains. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian "You are going to dance the mazurka with her?" he asked in a solemn tone. A Hero of Our Time Mihalevitch spoke about music; she sat down without ceremony to the piano, and very correctly played some of Chopin's mazurkas, which were then just coming into fashion. A House of Gentlefolk She looked remarkably pretty and had remarkably good style, and as she proceeded with her mazurka she was thinking, "He has never been asked here before: how perfectly silly he must feel coming so early!" The Imperialist As we were playing the Harebell mazurka I again caught sight of her stealthy white figure in that distant doorway. Agatha Webb The mazurkas generally received the title of "Souvenir de la Pologne." Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete "I shall sleep badly to-night," she said to me when the mazurka was over. A Hero of Our Time The mazurkas generally received the title of "Souvenir de la Pologne." Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2 The plaintive little mazurka of two lines, the seventh prelude, is a mere silhouette of the national dance. Chopin : the Man and His Music "Just as the band was playing the Harebell mazurka," interpolated Sweetwater. Agatha Webb To his beautiful Jackson Street palace the city's best people should come, and sometimes—for a favoured few—he would play his rippling etudes and nocturnes, his mazurkas and polonaises. The Story of Julia Page Then he remembered a ball and the mazurka he danced with the beautiful D——. The Cossacks He began to mazurka in swift caricature across the floor on sliding feet past the fireplace to J. J. O'Molloy who placed the tissues in his receiving hands. Ulysses The mazurkas and polonaises are danced to-day in Poland, why not the valses? Chopin : the Man and His Music Mite Shapley was so affected by it that when Rufus attempted to encircle her for the mazurka she exclaimed, "Don't act as if you were spearing logs, Rufus!" Homespun Tales Men of fifty don't dance mazurkas, being generally too fat and wheezy; nor do they sit for the hour together on river-banks at their mistresses' feet, being somewhat afraid of rheumatism. Barchester Towers Denisov, flushed after the mazurka and mopping himself with his handkerchief, sat down by Natasha and did not leave her for the rest of the evening. War and Peace She played Chopin—studies, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes, a polonaise or two. Beyond The rubato in the valses need not obtrude itself as in the mazurkas. Chopin : the Man and His Music Nothing is danced but round dances, polkas, mazurkas, and waltzes. Caught in the Net Men of fifty don't dance mazurkas, being generally too fat and wheezy; nor do they sit for the hour together on river banks at their mistresses' feet, being somewhat afraid of rheumatism. Barchester Towers Only on horse back and in the mazurka was Denisov's short stature not noticeable and he looked the fine fellow he felt himself to be. War and Peace The mazurka came to an end, and already some of the guests were saying good-bye to Grandmamma. Childhood The episode in C rings of the mazurka, and the A major section is of exceeding loveliness; Its coda is characteristic. Chopin : the Man and His Music There's no one to dance the mazurka now.... The Wife, and other stories That poor Charles Keller, who danced the mazurka so well, as been killed in Africa. The Deputy of Arcis The band struck up the newly introduced mazurka. War and Peace Sonetchka gave me her hand, and we darted off to the salon, The wine, added to Sonetchka's presence and gaiety, had at once made me forget all about the unfortunate end of the mazurka. Childhood It is the collective sorrow and tribal wrath of a down-trodden nation, and the mazurkas for that reason have ethnic value. Chopin : the Man and His Music He still continued an unabated whistling, and as nobody would dance, pulled off his coat, produced a pair of castanets, and whistling a mazurka, performed it with tremendous agility. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo When Vronsky saw her, coming across her in the mazurka, he did not at once recognize her, she was so changed. Anna Karenina All the time Boris was going through the figures of the mazurka, he was worried by the question of what news Balashev had brought and how he could find it out before others. War and Peace At that moment she was drawing on a long glove and, doubtless, pining to be flying over the dancing-floor, where, with clicking heels, four couples had now begun to thread the mazes of the mazurka. Dead Souls It is profoundly ironical—what else means the introduction of that lovely mazurka, "a flower between two abysses"? Chopin : the Man and His Music Mite Shapley was so affected by it that when Rufus attempted to encircle her for the mazurka she exclaimed, “Don’t act as if you were spearing logs, Rufus!” Rose O' the River She fancied that in the mazurka everything must be decided. Anna Karenina It recalls in color the B minor mazurka. Chopin : the Man and His Music However, Chichikov slipped past the mazurka dancers, and, almost treading on their heels, made his way towards the spot where Madame and her daughter were seated. Dead Souls One of the most characteristic is by the Polish poet Zelenski, who, so Kleczynski relates, wrote a humorous poem on this mazurka. Chopin : the Man and His Music The mazurkas generally received the title of Souvenir de la Pologne. Chopin : the Man and His Music The fact that he did not during the quadrille ask her for the mazurka did not trouble her. Anna Karenina Worse still, Orlowski served up the themes of his concerto into mazurkas and had the impudence to publish them. Chopin : the Man and His Music Barring the mazurkas, these dances are the most Polish of his works. Chopin : the Man and His Music The mazurka is one of the finest of these, and it is quite a favorite at balls on the banks of the Neva. Chopin : the Man and His Music She had refused five partners, and now she was not dancing the mazurka. Anna Karenina But before the mazurka, when they were beginning to rearrange the chairs and a few couples moved out of the smaller rooms into the big room, a moment of despair and horror came for Kitty. Anna Karenina In the middle of the mazurka, repeating a complicated figure, newly invented by Korsunsky, Anna came forward into the center of the circle, chose two gentlemen, and summoned a lady and Kitty. Anna Karenina Yes, Stiva told me you danced the mazurka with him, and that he…" "You can't imagine how absurdly it all came about. Anna Karenina While few men have dared to unlock their hearts thus, Chopin is not so intimate here as in the mazurkas. Chopin : the Man and His Music "He asked her for the mazurka before me," said Countess Nordston, knowing Kitty would understand who were "he" and "her." Anna Karenina She looked forward with a thrill at her heart to the mazurka. Anna Karenina She felt sure she would dance the mazurka with him as she had done at former balls, and refused five young men, saying she was engaged for the mazurka. Anna Karenina
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