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Mazurka of Chopin--aspects of dance influence performance?
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tinctoria88
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Mazurka of Chopin--aspects of dance influence performance?
on: July 24, 2016, 11:47:57 PM
Recently I returned to playing piano after too long absent. Chopin's Mazurkas were an area of his compositions I nad not explored very much. So I've listened via PianoStreet & find these pieces fascinating aurally & musically. Listening to Rubinstein, II was inspired to know more about the original dance source of Chopin's mazurka writing. He seemed to be dancing in his interpretations. And then I found Maria Szymanowska, pianist touring Europe 1820's, having written 20 mazurkas before Chopin, which I intend to examine.
So I HAD to know all about the dance.....which led to finding various videos of both folk and ballroom version of mazurka dancing.
Then I stumbled on to this dissertation that I'm offering to anyone else who is curious: "Gestural Patterns in Kujaw Folk Performing Traditions: Implications for the Performer of Chopin’s Mazurkas" by Monika Zaborowsk.
Has anyone else been inspired by the dance origins of mazurkas for piano?
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