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The '''Kujawiak''' is a Polish [[folk dance]] from the region of [[Kuyavia|Kujawy]] in central Poland.<ref name="Randel">Don Michael Randel. ''The Harvard Dictionary of Music''. [[Harvard University Press]]. 2003. p. 449.</ref> It is one of the five national dances of [[Poland]], the others being the [[krakowiak]], [[mazurka]], [[oberek]], and [[polonaise]]. |
The '''Kujawiak''' is a Polish [[folk dance]] from the region of [[Kuyavia|Kujawy]] in central Poland.<ref name="Randel">Don Michael Randel. ''The Harvard Dictionary of Music''. [[Harvard University Press]]. 2003. p. 449.</ref> It is one of the five national dances of [[Poland]], the others being the [[krakowiak]], [[mazurka]], [[oberek]], and [[polonaise]]. |
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The music is in [[triple meter]]<ref name="Randel"/>, and is characterized by its rubato tempo and calm, |
The music is in [[triple meter]]<ref name="Randel"/>, and is characterized by its rubato tempo and calm, lyrical nature. The dance usually involves couples walking gracefully in a [[quarter-note]] rhythm, on slightly bended knees, with relaxed turns and gently swaying. |
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The Kujawiak is a Polish folk dance from the region of Kujawy in central Poland.[1] It is one of the five national dances of Poland, the others being the krakowiak, mazurka, oberek, and polonaise.
The music is in triple meter[1], and is characterized by its rubato tempo and calm, lyrical nature. The dance usually involves couples walking gracefully in a quarter-note rhythm, on slightly bended knees, with relaxed turns and gently swaying.
History
The name "kujawiak", as a reference to the dance, first appeared in 1827, in T.F. Jaskólski's composition Pasterze na Bachorzy. Sielanki Kujawskie[2]. It is argued that the dance was developed from the mazur between 1750 and 1830[3]. In 1841, Leon Zienkowicz described the kujawiak as a "regional variety of the mazurka relying on the domination of the minor key"[4]. The majority of the composers in the years following, including Ignacy Dobrzyński, Edward Łodwigowski, Kazimierz Łada, Ignacy Komorowski, Wojciech Osmański, and Henryk Wieniawski, agreed with this interpretation, and treated the musical features like the rhythms and tempos of the kujawiak and the oberek as a "single entity"[5].
Description
Folk names for the dance include 'sleepy' and 'lulling'. Composers who have written for this dance include Henryk Wieniawski. It is often lyrical and calm (supposedly representing the Kujawy landscape), and usually in a minor key.
Music
See also
References
- ^ a b Don Michael Randel. The Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. 2003. p. 449.
- ^ "Kujawiak - Polish Music Center". Polish Music Center. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ D. Idaszak, Mazurek przed Chopinem [The Mazurka before Chopin], in: F.F. Chopin ed. Z. Lissa, Warsaw 1960, p. 246.
- ^ L. Zienkowicz, Les Costumes du Peuple Polonais, Paris 1841, pp. 86-87.
- ^ "kujawiak | Taniec Tradycyjny". www.tance.edu.pl. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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