Cracovienne

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 540

Cracovienne (Krakoviak), the national dance of the Polish peasantry around Cracow. It has a very marked rhythm in \frac{3}{4} time, and is often accompanied by singing. The Poles have a multitude of little ditties of two lines each, adapted to this music and dance.

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