Saratoga Polka

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 Theme code Index    3H3H2H5 1655
 Also known as    Celebrated Saratoga Polka (The)
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Gabriel de Korponay
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    
 Meter/Rhythm    Polka
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Mid Atlantic)
 Structure    AABBCC
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Jullien Collection of Flute and Violin Music
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 37
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1854
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Saratoga Polka C:Gabriel de Korponay N:from The Jullien Collection of Flute and Violin Music, pub. by Oliver Ditson, N:Boston, 1854, p. 37. Several editions of this tune were published in the U.S. in N: 1840's and 1850's as "The Celebrated Saratoga Polka as taught by Korponay." N:Korponay was an exiled Hungarian army officer who taught dancing in Philadelphia N:starting in 1844. Z:V. T. Williams M:2/4 K:G b3f agdB|G2e2 d3B|c2b2 a3f|g2e'2 d'3d|b3f agdB|G2e2 d3B| c2b2 a3f|a2g2 g2z2:||:a4g2e2|f4d'2f2|a4g2e2|b4a2f2|a4g2e2| f4d'2f2|a4g3e|1e2d2 d2z2:|2e2d2 d2dd|:d2e2 d2BB|A2B2 c2aa| a2b2 a2ff|agfe dBc^c|d2e2 d2BB|A2B2 c2aa|a2b2 a2z f|a2g2 g2z2:|