单词 | mazurka |
释义 | mazurkan. 1. A lively country dance in triple time for couples, originating in Poland in the 16th cent., in which the dancers characteristically tap their heels or stamp their feet on the accented beat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [noun] > Poland mazurka1818 Cracovienne1844 polka-mazurka1873 obertas1877 oberek1883 Krakowiak1888 1818 T. Creevey Jrnl. 11 Sept. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. xii. 284 My delight was to see the Mizurko danced by Madame Suwarrow and her brother the Prince Nariskin. 1831 Society 1 306 A large party had assembled there..to practice the Mazourca. 1835 Woman I. v. 171 Are not the forms of dance more recently introduced, the Galoppe, Mazurka, Cotillon, Grandpere, ‘romping’? 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. x. 159 This after-supper dance is called the White Mazurka, because it is kept up till the daylight is broad and clear. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xvii. 130 Those old faces..would seem to her then as full of meaning, as mysteriously marked by Destiny, as the people who danced the mazurka under the elegant Korsunsky. 1976 Times 23 July 11/3 The Mazowsze Song and Dance Company from Poland..whirl through oberek and mazurka, polka and Krakowiak. 1992 Dancing Times May 742/1 The villagers whose idea of relaxation from the daily labours is by dancing mazurkas and czardas. 2. A piece of music intended to accompany such a dance, or composed in its rhythm, with a strong accent on the second (sometimes the third) beat of the bar. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Polish polonaise1740 polacca1804 polskaa1822 mazurka1854 1830 Harmonicon 8 202/1 Mazurka a la Rondo, composed and published by [J. B. Cramer].] 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxviii. 271 The Austrian brass band..plays the most delightful mazurkas and waltzes. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 350/1 His [sc. Chopin's] first..compositions were dances: Polonaises, Mazurkas, and Valses. 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvii. 302 Dvořák was less regionally limited than Smetana; although he still wrote polkas, dumkas, and furiants, he also wrote waltzes and mazurkas. 1988 M. Chabon Myst. Pittsburgh iii. 30 Someone began to play music in the other room, a Chopin mazurka. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818 |
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