Polish+dance-tune
21polka — noun Etymology: Czech, from Polka Polish woman, feminine of Polishák Pole Date: 1843 1. a lively couple dance of Bohemian origin in duple time with a basic pattern of hop step close step 2. a lively originally Bohemian dance tune in 2/4 time •… …
22Arklow — Infobox Irish Place name = Arklow gaeilge = An t Inbhear Mór crest motto = Maoin na mara ár muinighin Our hope lies in the riches of the sea map pin coords = left: 83px; top: 91px north coord = 52.7941 west coord = 6.1649 irish grid = T240735… …
23ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …
24arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
25literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
26Michael Bennett — This article is about the director. For the U.S. Senator from Colorado, see Michael F. Bennet. For the Florida State Senator, see Michael S. Bennett. For other uses, see Michael Bennett (disambiguation). Michael Bennett Born Michael Bennett… …
27South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
28folk music — 1. music, usually of simple character and anonymous authorship, handed down among the common people by oral tradition. 2. music by known composers that has become part of the folk tradition of a country or region. [1885 90] * * * Music held to be …
29Edward Elgar — Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 ndash; 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches , were… …
30performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
