Polka dances, which developed from Continental quadrilles, are danced to polkas. Introduced to Ireland in the late 19th century, there are today hundreds of Irish polka tunes, which are most frequently played on the fiddle or button accordion. The Irish polka is dance music form in , typically 32 bars in length and subdivided into four parts, each 8 bars in length and played AABB. Irish polkas are typically played fast, at over 130 bpm, and are typically played with an off-beat accent. The polka also migrated to the Nordic countries where it is known by a variety of names in
Pavane (Fauré) 1999 song "Tous Les Maux D'Amour." In turn the S Club 7 song "Natural," an English-language cover version, also sampled "Pavane". Dutch singer Petra Berger used "Pavane" as the musical setting for her song about Marie Antoinette, "Close Your Eyes (He'll Be Just Fine)," on her album "Eternal Woman". Swedish TV films about the fictional police detective Johan Falk featured arranged pop music versions of "Pavane". Pavane (Fauré) The Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, is a pavane by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version