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Title	Niko-Polka
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert polka
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Publisher's article no.	KL 1787
Year of publication	2000
Price	65.00 EUR (incl. 10 % Austrian VAT)
Composer	Strauss, Johann Sohn
Arranger	Suppan, Armin
Opus no.	Op.228
Difficulty level	4
Evaluation level of countries	PWM-at (Literaturliste Polka, Walzer, Marsch)
Duration	3:00
Additional info/contents	Probably the most amusing polka in Russian style, composed by Johann Strauss while working in Pavlovsk near St. Petersburg, was completed in the summer of 1859 and was given the title Niko-Polka.
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Programme notes: The Niko Polka was composed during Johann Strauss' trip to Russia in 1859. The work is in the Russian style and quotes a Russian folk song. It was dedicated to Prince Nikolaus Dadiani von Mingrelien, who was a welcome guest at the Russian Tsar's court. The title name of the polka is derived from the prince's first name. The first performance of the polka in Vienna took place in November 1859 in the Volksgarten. Among Strauss experts, this work is considered a masterpiece by the composer, at least as far as his compositions in the Russian style are concerned. Quelle/Source: Wikipedia "What makes [Johann] Strauss's compositions even more attractive is the careful, inspired and bold development and charming instrumentation ... He is a master of musical effect, and knows how to exploit it with nobility and fine taste. In a word, he has become the reformer of dance music". Eugene Eiserle's laudatory words, published in Vienna's theatrical paper, Der Zwischen-Akt, on 6 March 1860 at the close of that year's Vienna Carnival, apply admirably to the composer's jolly Niko-Polka, heard in Vienna for the first time that carnival. Quelle/Source: Naxos, Programme notes © 1993 Peter Kemp. The Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain, Autor: Professor Franz Mailer

	Format	EUR
	Niko-Polka (concert/wind band), full score and parts	65.00
	Niko-Polka (concert/wind band), full score
	Tritsch Tratsch, audio CD	20.50

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