Conversations about the cultural and performative context of Chopin’s Mazurkas
Matthew Bengtson, Assistant Professor of Piano Literature, Project Director
Arthur Greene, Professor of Piano
Bohuslava (Slávka) Jelínková, Lecturer of Dance
Christian Matijas-Mecca, Associate Professor of Dance
Filmed at the Duderstadt Digital Media Commons, May 2017
Quote Citations:“Even the oldest sources show us that it was extremely difficult to differentiate between the Mazur and its relatives, the Oberek and Kujawiak. The same melody that is played in 2/4 time in one provide on Poland may be played in 3/4 time in another.”
Tadeusz Strumiłło, cited in Gorbaty, Jan, Chopin Journal 1/1 (1986).
https://www.chopin.org/s/Polish-Folk-Music-and-Chopins-Mazurkas_Gorbaty.pdf, accessed June 30, 2020.