Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Polish dance of graceful and fanciful character, somewhat like the mazurka.
- noun Music written for or in imitation of the movement of such a dance, in duple rhythm with frequent syncopations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time.
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- noun A dance, the
krakowiak .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The cracovienne is a Polish dance for a large and brilliant company and just as Paderewski recalled in his minuet the stately assemblage of days long past, so in his cracovienne he gives us a brilliant picture of a ballroom scene in his native Poland when that country was still in its glory and not partitioned among three nations of Europe.
The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887
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I saw Fanny Elssler dance the _cracovienne_ and the _cachucha_, and it is a memory which will linger with me always.
As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Marian Gouverneur
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"Two waltzes," said Trix, counting on her fingers; "that's two; one cracovienne, that's three; les lanciers, that's four; one galop, that's five; and one polka quadrille, that's six.
A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860
mollusque commented on the word cracovienne
The krakowiak, a lively Polish dance. Compare varsovienne.
May 15, 2008