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