Rusalka: Polonaise

Composer: DVOŘÁK, Antonín

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  • This polonaise appears in Act II of the opera, during a party at the Prince’s castle. The Prince’s guests are celebrating his upcoming marriage to Rusalka – but a Foreign Princess is simultaneously luring the Prince’s affections away.1
  • Read more about the dance genre polonaise.

Sources

  1. Jan Smaczny, “Rusalka (iii),” Grove Music Online (2002), September 5, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000904369.

Cut IDs

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