Annotation:Row Polka

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X:1 % T:Favorite Row Polka, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka C:Jullien K:D d z d z|.f.d.d z|A/B/c/d/ ef|.g.e.e z| e z e z|.g.e.e z|A/B/c/d/ ef|{e}.d.d.dz| d z d z|.f.d.d z|A/B/c/d/ ef|.g.e.ez| e z e z|.g.e.e z|A/B/c/d/ ef|{e}.d.d.dz|| d'2 f'>a|d'2-d'-d'/ a/|f>ad'>e'|f'>g' e'2| e2 f>d|e2 A>c|d>ef>^g|.a.a.a z| d'2 f'>a|d'2-d'-d'/ a/|f>ad'>e'|f'>g' e'2| e'2 a>c'|d'>e'f'>^g'|.a'.a'.a'z||

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ROW POLKA, THE. AKA - "The Favorite Row Polka." English, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. The polka was composed by Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), who had a Christian name from each of his thirty-six godfathers.

Favorite Row Polka by Jullien, who appears surrounded by caricatrures.

A famed and flamboyant personality, he was a renowned composer of fashionable dance music, and also brought the classics to mass audiences. "He conducted Beethoven with a jeweled baton handed to him on a silver platter" (Groves).