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Definition of Csardas
1. a Hungarian dance [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Csardas
Literary usage of Csardas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magyars: Their Country and Institutions by Patterson, Arthur John (1869)
"... Fashion—Costume of Kalota-szeg—Of the less civilized Nationalities—Linen and
Sheepskin—Holiday Dress—The Magyar as a Horseman—The csardas—The Gipsies—As ..."
2. Dwight's Journal of Music by John Sullivan Dwight (1857)
"As regards the Friss (or quick movement) of the csardas, its proper delivery
requires a very ... Beside the csardas, there is a higher kind of dance music, ..."
3. Tent Life with English Gipsies in Norway by Hubert Smith (1874)
"How long we * What is meant by a czardas, or csardas, as it is usually spelt in the
... The csardas is a national dance of Hungary, as much as the sailors' ..."
4. General Plan and Syllabus for Physical Training in the Elementary and by John Francis O'Ryan, University of the State of New York (1917)
"... The (Danish) Carrousel (Swedish Singing Game) csardas (Hungarian) csardas No.
2 First of May, The (Swedish Singing Game) Foursome Reel (Scotch) ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1904)
"Yes, the end of the csardas is the dance of the temple at Eryx, mad, monstrous,
... Once in my Happy Valley I saw a cruel contrast to that csardas. ..."
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