POLONAISE (i.e. Polish, in French)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V22,
Page 12
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:POLONAISE (i.e. See also:Polish, in See also:French)
, a stately ceremonious See also:dance, usually written in 4 See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
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
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
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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