According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the mazurkas "that remained unaltered by influences of urban music seem to have no definite ending, as the repeats are made ad libitum, or their concluding bar finishes on the dominant on the third beat, without accent leaving the impression of disappearance into the air [...] A certain pride of bearing and sometimes a wildness sharply differentiate (their) mood from that of the more sensuous waltz. The dance has the character of an improvisation…”
“...like handkerchiefs waving on a railway platform when one is leaving everything one loves.” Marcel Schneider (quoted by Olivier Bellamy).
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