mazurka
/muh-zur-kuh, -zoor-/US // məˈzɜr kə, -ˈzʊər- //UK // (məˈzɜːkə) //
马祖卡,玛祖卡,马祖尔卡
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
- : music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
Examples
Maciejowski wrote also four mazurka strophes eulogising Hanka's scientific achievements, and Chopin set them to music.
The trio (poco piu mosso), the more original portion of the Mazurka, reappears in a slightly altered form in later mazurkas.
Would you believe it, they were all flocking about us in crowds; in the mazurka they did nothing but seek her out.
How she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron!
The theme was in somewhat the nature of a mazurka, sweet and graceful.
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