Polonaises

The Polonaises are the keystone in the development of this form.

Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

His numerous imitations have inundated us with pieces of music, called Polonaises, out which have no characteristics to justify the name.

Life of Chopin Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 1877

His numerous imitations have inundated us with pieces of music, called Polonaises, out which have no characteristics to justify the name.

Life of Chopin Franz Liszt 1848

He is akin to the angel and the fairy; more than this, he sets in motion the heroic string which has nowhere else vibrated with so much grandeur, passion and fresh energy as in his "Polonaises," which you brilliantly designate as "Pindaric Hymns of Victory."

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

At first only Polonaises, minuets, and quadrilles were danced, but as the guests became more excited, they ventured upon Mazurkas and Cracoviennes.

Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

And think of the eleven Polonaises, those courtly dances, the most characteristic and national of his works; the fourteen Valses, beloved of every young piano student the world over; the eighteen Nocturnes, of starry night music; the entrancing Mazurkas, fifty-two in number.

The World's Great Men of Music Brower, Harriette 1922

And think of the eleven Polonaises, those courtly dances, the most characteristic and national of his works; the fourteen Valses, beloved of every young piano student the world over; the eighteen Nocturnes, of starry night music; the entrancing Mazurkas, fifty-two in number.

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

Examples of this compound Song-form will also be found, almost without exception, in Marches, Polonaises, and similar Dance-forms; and in many pianoforte compositions of corresponding broader dimensions, which, _if extended beyond the very common limits of the Three-Part form_, will probably prove to be Song with Trio.

Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898

Meanwhile, let me offer you the "Concert Solo" and the two Polonaises which were written at Eilsen shortly after your visit to me there.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

All this will be sent to you forthwith; and in addition Weber's Polonaises.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893