| 31. | However, while Chopin changed some aspects of the original mazurka, he maintained others.
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| 32. | At their parties the polonaise, mazurka, and oberek were the most popular dances.
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| 33. | Wasowski's recordings show a novel approach to rhythm, especially in the mazurkas.
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| 34. | "Mazurka in A minor " is the opening piece of the set.
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| 35. | The Mazurka then finishes with a slower section and the main theme repeated once more.
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| 36. | The opening theme, in F major, is in the rhythm of a mazurka.
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| 37. | It is in a romantic language and includes polkas, mazurkas, waltzes and marches.
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| 38. | But he also occasionally abstracts a folk-dance gesture or slips in a mazurka step.
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| 39. | Mazurkas : a Polish-bred dance not unlike the polka; the music for that dance
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| 40. | Scriabin's Eight Mazurkas were all business : intelligently organized and realized with blunt virtuosity.
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