Annotation:Jullien Polka

Back to Jullien Polka

X:43 T:Julien's La Polka. WI.043 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 B:Wm Irwin, Folio MS, c1850. AGG's Transcription R:.Polka O:England A:Lake District N:Louis Antoine Jullien 1812-60, composer of dance music, conductor and N:promoter of sensational London concerts in the middle two decades of N:the 19th C. Deserves a film biography with Simon Callow in the lead N:role.. CGP Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005 K:Eb A((3A/B/A/) Fc|BB ge|ddad|e/d/e/f/ ge| A((3A/B/A/) Fc|BB ge|ddad|" 'etc...AGG'"eeez| K:Ab P:Trio? Ace ((3a/b/a/)|gd2E|GBd ((3f/g/f/)|eA cE| Ace ((3c'/d'/c'/)|bd2 ((3b/c'/b/) ac2 ((3a/b/a/)|" 'etc...AGG' "gB2E||

JULLIEN POLKA. AKA - "Julien's (sic) La Polka." American, English (originally French); Polka (2/4 time). G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The composer of this polka is Louis-Antoine Jullien [1] (1812-1860), a French conductor, showman and composer of light music that was very popular in the mid-19th century.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Howe (Musician’s Omnibus No. 1), 1862; p. 59.

Recorded sources: -

Back to Jullien Polka