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Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin: Rondo à la Krakowiak, in F major, Op. 14 (1828)

Nelson Goerner, piano

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

Krakowiak is a Polish dance from the region of Kraków, the old capital of Poland (used by the Piast and the Jagiełło dynasties) and the center of southern part of the country, called Małopolska (Little Poland). The common name used in English is cracovienne (from the French); in German the dance is known as Krakauer Tanz.
Read more about it’s history on USC’s Polish Music Center

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