Annotation:Heel and Toe Polka (5)
X:1 T:Heel and Toe Polka [5] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka D:Topic TSCD607, Walter & Daisy Bulwer - "English Country Music" (2000). Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B2 B>A | AG G2 | FG AB | dc c2 | c2 c>B | BA A2 | GF EF | AG G2 | B2 B>A | AG G2 | FG AB | dc c2 | c2 c>B | BA A2 | GF EF | AG G>E || D2 G>A | B3B | dd Ac | B3B | dd A>c | BB G2 | AA E>F | GF ED | DE/F/ G>A | B3B | dd Ac | B3B | dd Ac | BB G2 | AA EF | G4 ||
HEEL AND TOE POLKA [5]. AKA and see "Sultan Polka." English, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. There is a report the tune was derived from the "Turkish March" from Beethoven's The Ruins of Athens Opus 113, a set of incidental music written in 1811 to accompany the play of that name by August von Kotzebue. It was re-published as the popular "Turkish Polka." However, Beethoven's composition does not sound like "Heel and Toe Polka [5]" and further inquiry is needed.
However, "Heel and Toe Polka [5]" is a version of a piece called "Sultan Polka" by the once-popular light classical composer Charles d'Albert (1809–1886), a German-born British dance master and composer. A version of the English melody was entered into the c. 1890 music manuscript copybook of East Anglia musician George H. Watson.
