lively type of music and dance often including an accordian.
A couple dance to skipping steps in lively duple meter, quite popular in the 19th-century dance hall and pleasure garden. Johann Strauss, Jr., composed many dozens of them.
A type of Irish dance tune played briskly in 2/4 time. Originated in Poland, popular in southwest Ireland.
a rapid dance in duple meter
An energetic Bohemian dance performed in the round in 2/4 time. Originally a peasant dance, but in the mid-19th century it became popular throughout all classes in Europe and America.
music performed for dancing the polka
a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
a dance step that involves hopping on the right foot, taking a step with the left foot, bringing the feet together by closing with the right foot, then taking a step with the left foot
a further part of the same dramatic sequence, the actual dance which this song sets up
a lively dance of Bohemian origin with music in duple time
A quick dance metered in two, originated in Bohemia.
A fast and lively Bohemian dance of Polish origin, danced to traditional German "oom-pah" music in 2-4 time. The basic movement is characterized by three steps and a hop.
A dance in 2/4 time coming from Bohemia. [back
a Bohemian (not Polish) dance in quick duple meter; originated about 1830 and was extremely popular until the end of the century
To dream of dancing the polka, denotes pleasant occupations. See Dancing.
Polka is a type of dance, and also a genre of dance music. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia, and is still a common genre of Czech and Slovenian folk music; it is also common both in Europe and in the Americas. In classical music, many polkas were composed by both Johann Strauss I and his son Johann Strauss II; a couple of well-known ones were composed by BedÅ™ich Smetana and JaromÃr Vejvoda, the author of Å koda lásky ("Roll Out the Barrel").
