Beer Barrel Polka

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Composer/Core Source	Biography:aromir Vegvoda with Vasek Zeman
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA/Mid-Atlantic"USA/Mid-Atlantic" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AA'BB'CD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 333
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
Artist	Biography:F&W String Band
Title of recording	F&W String Band
Record label/Catalogue nr.	F&W Records 1
Year recorded
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BEER BARREL POLKA. Czeck, Polka. USA; N.Y., Pa. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CD. The tune was composed by Jaromir Vegvoda with Vasek Zeman and first published in Prague in 1934 under the title "Skoda Lasky" (Lost Girl) or the "Modranska polka." As "The Beer Barrel Polka" it was published in New York in 1939, but as Fuld (1966) annecdotally reports, the National Broadcasting Company refused to air the complete title as it made reference to an alocholic drink, therefore, on NBC stations it was known as "The Barrel Polka." Apparently from the eastern European and German populations in the country, it entered the popular mainstream and was picked up by fiddlers such as Harry Daddario, from Union County, Pa.

Printed source: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 333.

Source for notated version in print: Robert Wise [Phillips].

Recorded source: F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band."

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