mazurkas

Apart from two piano concertos (both 1830) and four other works for piano and orchestra, virtually all his compositions are for solo piano; they include some 60 mazurkas, 27 études, 26 preludes, 21 nocturnes, some 20 waltzes, 16 polonaises, 4 ballades, 4 scherzos, and 3 sonatas.

Five People Born on March 1 | myFiveBest 2010

I knew that there was a Polish dance called a "Mazurka" so I assumed that the title meant "a lot of mazurkas" and left it at that.

John Seed: Mazurki: The Multiple Meanings of a Philip Guston Drawing John Seed 2011

I knew that there was a Polish dance called a "Mazurka" so I assumed that the title meant "a lot of mazurkas" and left it at that.

John Seed: Mazurki: The Multiple Meanings of a Philip Guston Drawing John Seed 2011

But he follows that with an extended sequence of nocturnes and mazurkas, before returning to large-scale works with the last two of the Ballades, separated by more mazurkas and another nocturne.

Chopin: Ballades Nos 3 and 4; F minor Fantasy; Mazurkas; Nocturnes – review 2011

In director Georges Lavaudant's staging, aside from the ball's brief polkas and mazurkas—and a ballerina who periodically pirouettes in like a leftover Sugar Plum Fairy—the result is a series of soliloquies, set to music that can't seem to find its way—harsh, sharp, sour, aggressive, with fleeting nods to Tchaikovsky and other composers.

Fénelon's Gnarled 'Orchard' Judy Fayard 2012

Legendary restaurateur George Lang commented, "It's just possible that Arthur Rubinstein played Chopin's mazurkas better than anyone since Chopin because of his wife's almond mazurkas also the name of a sweet Polish pastry."

A Royal Ragout Gail Monaghan 2011

He got into a major Chopin recording groove in the '50s and' 60s, and many of Chopin's pieces and groups of pieces, like these mazurkas, I think that Rubinstein felt very close to the mazurkas as kind of a Polish form of music.

Chopin With A Polish Touch 2010

He got into a major Chopin recording groove in the '50s and' 60s, and many of Chopin's pieces and groups of pieces, like these mazurkas, I think that Rubinstein felt very close to the mazurkas as kind of a Polish form of music.

Chopin With A Polish Touch 2010

Chopin's mastery of the genre shows itself in his magical preludes and mazurkas.

Chopin's 'Soul and Heart' Byron Janis 2010

He got into a major Chopin recording groove in the '50s and' 60s, and many of Chopin's pieces and groups of pieces, like these mazurkas, I think that Rubinstein felt very close to the mazurkas as kind of a Polish form of music.

Chopin With A Polish Touch 2010