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POLONAISE (i.e. Polish, in French)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 12 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POLONAISE (i.e. See also:Polish, in See also:French)  , a stately ceremonious See also:dance, usually written in 4 See also:time . As a See also:form of musical See also:composition it has been employed by such composers as See also:Bach, See also:Handel, See also:Beethoven, and above all by See also:Chopin . It is usual to date the origin of the dance from the See also:election (1573) of See also:Henry See also:duke of See also:Anjou, afterwards Henry III. of See also:France, to the See also:throne of See also:Poland . The ladies of the See also:Polish See also:nobility passed in ceremonial procession before him at See also:Cracow to the See also:sound of stately See also:music . This procession of music became the See also:regular opening ceremony at royal functions, and See also:developed into the dance . The See also:term is also given to a form of skirted bodice, which has been fashionable for ladies at different periods .

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