The mazurka, expressing the idea that the nation of Poland, despite lack of political independence, had not disappeared as long as the Polish people were still alive and fighting in its name, soon became one of the most popular patriotic songs in Poland.

Polish dance music, especially the mazurka and polonaise, were popularized by Frederick Chopin, and they soon spread across Europe and elsewhere.

There are many Polish versions of the mazurek but the most notable one is the mazurka.

In Polish, " mazurka " is actually the genitive and accusative cases of " mazurek.

In Brazil, the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote a mazurka for classical guitar in a similar musical style to Polish mazurkas.

Unlike the Polish mazurek, which may have an accent on the second or third beat of a bar, the Irish mazurka ( masúrca in the Irish language ) is consistently accented on the second beat, giving it a unique feel.

Zouk means " party " or " festival " in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to, a popular dance, based on the Polish dance, the mazurka, that was introduced to the French Caribbean in the 19th Century.

The town was being taken over by Polish rebeliants several times e. g. in September 1794 when soldiers of corps of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski entered the town ( Jan Henryk Dąbrowski is the main of few persons mentioned in Polish national anthem-so called Dąbrowski's mazurka ).

" After Chopin, Tansman may be the leading proponent of traditional Polish forms such as the polonaise and the mazurka ; they were inspired by and often written in homage to Chopin.

Anyway, in this part of the composition he makes fun of Frédéric Chopin's Funeral March from his Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor ( by the way calling it a " famous " mazurka by Schubert – now, there is no " famous " mazurka by Schubert: Schubert composed many dances, but no mazurkas – mazurkas are Polish dances: Chopin had been the most famous Polish composer that ever lived in Paris, and he had particularly favoured the composition of mazurkas ... that's the link Satie makes ).

The " Anthem of the Polish Legions in Italy ", written to the tune of a mazurka between 15 and 21 July 1797, was very popular with the legionnaires.

We hear the rhythm of the Polish mazurka, though in a brilliantly stylized setting.

One of the most visibly " Polish " aspects of his music is in the forms he uses, including dances popular among upper classes such as polonaise and mazurka, and folk tunes and dances such as kujawiak and krakowiak.

In his mass O glorioso domina and one of his instrumental canzonas, Mielczewski quotes popular Polish tunes ; the latter is notable for being the earliest documented use of the mazurka in classical music.

The song is a lively mazurka with lyrics penned by Józef Wybicki in Reggio nell ' Emilia, Cisalpine Republic ( now in Italy ), around 16 July 1797, two years after the Third Partition of Poland erased the once vast country from the map.

The polka-mazurka is also another variation of the polka, being in the tempo of a mazurka but danced in a similar manner as the polka.

The mazurka is an important dance in many Russian novels.

Arkady reserves the mazurka for Madame Odintsov with whom he is falling in love.

A creolized version of the mazurka is mazouk, which was introduced to the French Caribbean during the 19th century.

In Cape Verde the mazurka is also revered as an important cultural phenomenon played with a violin and accompanied by guitars.

In the Philippines, the mazurka is a popular form of traditional dance.

The Mazurka Boholana is one well-known Filipino mazurka.

One famous Entrée is the opening number of the famous Paquita Grand Pas Classique, in which the lead Ballerina and the corps de ballet perform a mazurka.

The word zouk means " party " or " festival " in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to the mazurka, that was introduced to the French Caribbean in the 19th century.

Chicken scratch dance is based on the " walking two step or the walking polka and the emphasis is on a very smooth gliding movement "; dancers may also perform the mazurka or the chote, though no matter the style, it is always performed counterclockwise.

The musicians may also use a lakonmèt ( mazurka ), schottische or polka ; the lakonmèt, also called the mazouk, is especially popular and is the only closed couple dance which originated in Saint Lucia.

The Confections Waltz ( which may have something to do with the refreshments being served ) features nine female soloists and the female corps ; this is followed by a Salon Quadrille for four couples, a mazurka for the stepsisters, and Grete ’ s big solo: the Cinderella Waltz.

The musical score is a series of very short dances in popular modes ( quadrille, waltz, mazurka, polka, etc.

The mazurka appears frequently in French traditional folk music.

In Swedish folk music, the quaver or eight-note polska has a similar rhythm to the mazurka, and the two dances have a common origin.

In popular folk dancing in France, in recent years ( after roughly 2005 ), the mazurka has evolved into a dance at a more gentle pace ( without the traditional ' hop ' step on the 3rd beat ), allowing for more intimate dancing and giving it the status of a seduction dance.

The music of Sweden shares the tradition of Nordic folk dance music with its neighboring countries in northern Europe, including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka.

Folk music incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including English contredanse, polka and mazurka, French folk and pop, sega from Mauritius and Réunion, taarab, zouk, soukous moutya and other pan-African genres of and Polynesian, Indian and Arcadian music.

* Polka-mazurka-3 / 4-beat dance, musically similar to the mazurka

In the French Antilles, the mazurka has become an important style of dance and music.

In Curaçao the mazurka was popular as dance music in the nineteenth century, as well as in the first half of the twentieth century.

Other popular dance songs in the area include the jota, pasacorredoiras ( pasacalles, Asturian: pasucáis ), and the imported fandango, mazurka, polka, rumba and pasodoble.

Grossly, the indigenous elements are flutes and wooden shakers ; African-influenced baiãos are accompanied with atabaque drums and include overlapping call and response singing ; and European influences include dance music such as the polka, mazurka, schottische, and quadrille, as well as Portuguese contest singing and accompaniment with one or two pandeiros playing the baião rhythm.

The island is known for the Mazurka de Cuyo, a social dance with characteristic mazurka steps.

The first of these had the purpose, as Smetana explained to his publisher, of " idealising the polka, as Chopin in his day did with the mazurka.

In the mazurka, after picking with the left foot for the jump takeoff, the skater kicks the right leg forward in a scissoring motion, so that the legs are crossed in the air.

She attended a party where she danced a mazurka and danced it with such liveliness that there was applause afterwards ; this was her first performance, whether she thought it or not.

In 1974, Avati made the bizarre La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone ( The Mazurka of the Baron, the Saint and the Early Fig Tree ), a movie with an almost fairy-tale-like atmosphere in a style reminiscent of the movies of Federico Fellini.

This trend continued in 18th and 19th century with folk-dance crazes like the mazurka, the waltz and the polka.