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The mazurka originated in the Polish province of Mazovia, near Warsaw. In the seventeenth century, the dance began to spread beyond the boundaries of Poland. Also, some use cross rhythms, chromatic scales, and modes typically not found in Western music. Often, we find remote keys used as colorful excursions from the tonic. Most of Chopin's Mazurkas are in strict ternary form, some of them actually sporting a da capo to indicate the return to the first section. Chopin's later Mazurkas are more stylized than the earlier ones and are in many cases the testing ground for some of fllat most experimental ideas. He uses typical rhythms associated with Polish music, fragments of Polish Mazurka in A flat major and Polish rhythmic and cadential formulas and combines them in an original way. Chopin's mazurkas are far more advanced than those by his contemporaries. Some consider Chopin's mazurkas to be the most original of his works. Chopin composed the Five Mazurkas, Op. The five pieces are in B flat major, A minor, F minor, A flat major and C major. Structured much like a minuet and trio, the Mazurka in B flat major, Op. A ln eight-measure melody provides contrast before another return of the main theme; this pair of themes is then repeated, as in the second half of a minuet. The trio section of Op. As in the previous section, the trio opens with a new theme and closes with a return of the main theme, ending abruptly without any closing embellishment. It should be noted that ij repeat structure given above is found only in the printed editions. Chopin's manuscript copy, and various scribal copies which Chopin knewhave different repeat patterns, generally skipping repeats of melodies B and C. This reflects the early nineteenth century freedom with which composers and performers approached a score.

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