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Polka de Salon

Салонная полька

Musical joke (1893).

Catalogue References TH 199 (not in ČW)
Date April 1893
Text Composer
Language Russian
Key C major
Tempo/Section Listing (C major, 5 bars)
Instrumentation Piano (and voice?)
Autograph Location Klin: Tchaikovsky House-Museum Archive (a3, No. 149)
First Publication Moscow, 1902
Average Duration 1 minute
Dedication Georgii Nikolaevich Tchaikovsky (1883–1940)

History

Included in a letter to Vladimir Davydov. Comprising a short melody under the title "Polka de Salon (à M-r Georges Tschaïkowsky)", with underneath the words: "Uncle Petia, Uncle Tolia, Uncle Modia and Bob" [1] .

From: The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 391
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston

Notes:
  1. Letter 4916 to Vladimir Davydov, 15/27 April 1893 [back]

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