The
Four Polish Dances were written in 1926 for a publisher, Oxford University Press, for an anthology entitled
Folk Dances of the World. These four miniatures—a mazurka, krakowiak, oberek and polonaise—show a lustier, less radical embrace of Polish folk-music than the Opp 50 and 62 Mazurkas: the Oberek in particular has an exhilaratingly earthy vigour.
from notes by Martin Anderson © 2003
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