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  2. List of dances - Wikipedia

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    This is the main list of dances.It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances.

  3. Polka - Wikipedia

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    At that time, it was the only television program for this type of music in the United States. [20] A number of polka shows originated from the Buffalo Niagara Region in the 1960s, including WKBW-TV 's Polka Time , which was hosted for its first half-year on air by Frankie Yankovic, and cross-border station CHCH-TV 's Polka Party , hosted by ...

  4. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Mazurka – Polish folk dance in triple meter, often lively and with strong accents on the second or third beat. Odzemek – Traditional Czech dance often in a fast duple meter. Polka – Lively Bohemian dance. Polonaise – Dance of Polish origin, in triple meter. Saltarello – Lively, jumping Italian dance in a quick triple meter.

  5. Furiant - Wikipedia

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    A furiant is a rapid and fiery Bohemian dance in alternating 2/4 and 3/4 time, with frequently shifting accents; or, in "art music", in 3/4 time "with strong accents forming pairs of beats".

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...

  7. Schottische - Wikipedia

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    Schottische in Madrid August 2017. The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. [citation needed] It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina (chotis Spanish Wikipedia and chamamé), Finland (), France, Italy, Norway ("reinlender [] "), Portugal and ...

  8. Polish folk dances - Wikipedia

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    The rhythm of their music is different for the otherwise duple or triple-metre of the lowlands. Dance from this region are composed of dancing various figures in different combinations dependant on the lively music played on live instruments. They are considered to be very technical to execute.

  9. Sarabande - Wikipedia

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    The Sarabande evolved from a Spanish dance with Arab influences, danced by a lively double line of couples with castanets. [1] [2] A dance called zarabanda is first mentioned in 1539 in Central America in the poem Vida y tiempo de Maricastaña, written in Panama by Fernando de Guzmán Mejía.