Polonaise
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The polonaise is a dance originating in Poland, and one of the five Polish national dances in 34 time. The original Polish-language name of the dance is chodzony, denoting a walking dance. The polonai
"Polish Dances. A collection of the most favorite polonaises", cover (1890)
Polonaise (1888)
Polish Noblemen dancing Polonaise, painting by Jan Piotr Norblin
Poles dance Polonez, painting by Korneli Szlegel
Polonaises (Chopin)
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Most of Frédéric Chopin's polonaises were written for solo piano. He wrote his first polonaise in 1817, when he was 7; his last was the Polonaise-Fantaisie of 1846, three years before his death. Among
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…D major, Op. 8, marked "Allegretto alla Polacca," as a representative example of the polonaise dance topic (Ratner 1980, pp. 12–13). Frédéric Chopin's polonaises are generally the best known of all polonaises in classical music. However, there had been a long tradition of polonaises in Western European music at…
Frédéric Chopin, 28, at piano, from Delacroix's joint portrait of Chopin and Sand, 1838