Adams Morgan in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Mazurkas
Fryderyk Chopin
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'Remarkable details reside in his mazurkas, and he also found a way to render them doubly interesting, performing them without a supreme degree of softness, in a superlative piano, barely feathering the strings with the hammers'
— Hector Berlioz
The art mazurka is a stylization of traditional Polish dances: the lively oberek, measured mazur and slow kujawiak. The mazurkas represent the largest group in Chopin's oeuvre (more than fifty works), written at various times in his life, dubbed the most Polish of his works and the most strongly associated with his personality. Apart from the last 'dance poems', they betray distinct features of their three prototype dances, such as a triple metre, characteristic rhythmic patterns and changing accentuation of the second and third beats in the bar. The traditional folk colouring is underscored by the harmonic writing and the elasticity of the tempo, linked to the rubato manner of playing, giving the impression of rhythmic instability. Chopin did not use the musical quotations, but folk elements were a direct source of artistic inspiration for him.
Erected by Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, DC; The Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
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Location. Marker has been permanently removed. It was located near 38° 55.479′ N, 77° 2.198′ W. Marker was in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It was in Adams Morgan. It was on 16th Street Northwest just south of Fuller Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 2640 16th St NW, Washington DC 20009, United States of America.
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[Captions:]
Edward Okuń
Chopin's Mazurka, 1911, artist's replica of painting from 1905-1906
oil on canvas
Fryderyk Chopin
Mazurka in E major, Op. 6 No. 3
autograph manuscript, Vienna, 1830-1831
Fryderyk Chopin Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 391 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
