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mazurka
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Definition:a lively Polish dancemusic: Lubka Kolessa plays Chopins Mazurka No. 23 D-Dur Op. 33, 2 for Welte-Mignon in 1928. (public domain)
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She looked forward with a thrill at her heart to the mazurka. She fancied that in the mazurka everything must be decided. The fact that he did not during the quadrille ask her for the mazurka did not trouble her.
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During the mazurka the tax-collector's face twitched with spite. A black-haired officer with prominent eyes and Tartar cheekbones danced the mazurka with Anna Pavlovna. Assuming a stern expression, he worked his legs with gravity and feeling, and so crooked his knees that he looked like a jack-a-dandy pulled by strings, while Anna Pavlovna, pale and thrilled, bending her figure languidly and turning her eyes up, tried to look as though she scarcely touched the floor,
Anton Chekhov. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
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presently they took to dancing the Mazurka, and I think it was the figure V. who performed the most to my satisfaction. She was evidently a lady of breeding.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4: A Predicament (1838)
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