mazury – Dario Gatto / Pianist & Composer

Chopin: Mazurka Op.7 No.4

11 October 201927 March 2022 by Dario Gatto, posted in Classical Music

The last of the mazurkas from opus 7 in A flat major is: [...an unquestionable cliché of folk music...Tadeusz Zieliński wrote that this Mazurka was ‘taken note for note from folklore’] according to professor Mieczysław Tomaszewski, This Mazurka was dedicated to Paul Emile Johns, a composer, known as the first who performed a Beethoven piano … Continue reading Chopin: Mazurka Op.7 No.4

Chopin: Mazurka Op.6 No.1

25 March 201727 March 2022 by Dario Gatto, posted in Classical Music

Mazurka The Mazurka, in Polish Mazurek, is a couple dancing with widespread triple rhythm across Europe. The etymology of the word Mazurka is of Polish origin and derives from Mazury, Mazury in Polish, or Mazovia, names of two Polish regions, to Mazurek, a village near Warsaw, where the first 500 originated this dance, or Mazur, … Continue reading Chopin: Mazurka Op.6 No.1