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The trio section of a dance from this country typically uses drone fifths to accompany lydian-mode melodies. A woman wrote 24 of this country's "National Dances" based on the rhythm "dotted eighth, sixteenth, accented quarter, quarter." The 3/4 rhythm "eighth, two sixteenths, four eighths" characterizes a "Tragic" piece in F-sharp minor based on a dance from this country. Arthur Rubinstein, a pianist from this country, has recorded (*) "Military" and "Heroic" pieces in a namesake dance form. This country's poetry inspired four ballades ("buh-LAHDS") by a native son who wrote over 50 mazurkas and the "Revolutionary" and "Winter (10[1])Wind" études while exiled in Paris. For 10 points, name this birth country of Frédéric Chopin. ■END■

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