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It entered the salon,  then recital hall, when [[Chopin]] began writing mazurkas for the piano in the 1820s. They would become a symbol of “Polishness” during and after the uprising against [[Russia|Russians]] in 1830. Chopin would write over 6o of them.

It entered the salon,  then recital hall, when [[Chopin]] began writing mazurkas for the piano in the 1820s. They would become a symbol of “Polishness” during and after the uprising against [[Russia|Russians]] in 1830. Chopin would write over 6o of them.

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the piano form was taken up by many Slav composers – the Russians [[Glinka]], [[Tchaikovsky]] and [[Scriabin]], the Czechs [[Smetana]] , [[Dvorak]] and Martinu. The Pole,  Szymanowski, wrote many of them.  

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the piano form was taken up by many Slav composers – the Russians [[Glinka]], [[Tchaikovsky]] and [[Alexander Scriabin|Scriabin]], the Czechs [[Smetana]] , [[Dvorak]] and Martinu. The Pole,  Szymanowski, wrote many of them.  

Tchaikovsky introduced mazurkas into his ballets and the ball scene of his opera, ‘’”Eugene Onegin”’’. The form has since reached most parts of the globe, including [[South America]] and [[Australia]] and needs no Polish context to be enjoyed.

Tchaikovsky introduced mazurkas into his ballets and the ball scene of his opera, ‘’”Eugene Onegin”’’. The form has since reached most parts of the globe, including [[South America]] and [[Australia]] and needs no Polish context to be enjoyed.