Polka

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Street musicians play music

Polka (semi-circle, semicircle) - popular in many countries folk dance, in the 2/4 meter, in a fast pace. Many ethnographers and ethno-ethnologists point to the Czech origin of dance. It is also considered traditional folk dance of Poland already in the nineteenth century, known in all ethnographic regions, including Podhale (polka Sądecka).

It was established around 1822 and has gained worldwide popularity, especially in Poland, Germany and Italy. Next to the waltz was a very popular social dance in the nineteenth century.

The name comes from the Czech word "půlka", meaning "half". After the November Uprising it was changed to polka in honor of the Poles or in honor of the Polish singer Esmeralda.

The most famous authors were Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Stanisław Moniuszko, Piotr Czajkowski, Igor Strawinski and Dmitri Shostakovich. It was discovered by Joseph Neruba in 1830. There is also a legend that the dance was arranged by maid Anna Chadimová for the song "Strejček Nimra."

Polka-mazurka - a polka variation in meter mazurka (3/4), which is a combination of his rhythm and dance figures polka.

Polka with mazurka and habanera started with early versions of tango (see tango milonga).

The most famous pole of the twentieth century. "Modřanská polka" - "Škoda lásky" was composed by Jaromír Vejvoda.

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