Crossword-Solution: KRAKOWIAK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Krakowiak | n. | A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Polish dance | 6 answers |
| COUPLES dance | 11 answers |
| FOLK dance | 15 answers |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with KRAKOWIAK (5)
There are word-whisperings in the next study in F minor, whilst the symbolism of the dance--the Valse, Mazurka, Polonaise, Menuetto, Bolero, Schottische, Krakowiak and Tarantella--is admirably indicated in all of them.
Brodzinski is quoted as saying that in its primitive form the Mazurek is only a kind of Krakowiak, "less lively, less sautillant." At its best it is a dancing anecdote, a story told in a charming variety of steps and gestures.
For completeness' sake I shall preface the description of the mazurka by a short one of the krakowiak, the third of the triad of principal Polish dances.
The informants on whom I shall chiefly rely when I am not guided by my own observations are the musician Sowinski and the poet Brodzinski, both Poles: The krakowiak [says Albert Sowinski in chant polonais] bubbles over with esprit and gaiety; its name indicates its origin.
Casimir Brodzinski describes the dance as follows:-- The krakowiak resembles in its figures a simplified polonaise; it represents, compared with the latter, a less advanced social state.