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).
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Printed sources : - Trim (The Musical Legacy of Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 71..
