majorcans

Updated: June 6, 2025

The critical spectators thought that the dancing of the Majorcans was not any gayer than their singing, which was not gay at all, and that their boleros had "la gravite des ancetres, et point de ces graces profanes qu'on admire en Andalousie." Much of the music of these islanders was rather interesting than pleasing to their visitors.

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2