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Polka masterpieces. Recommended popular songs.

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Started working as a music writer as a side job while employed at a record shop, and for over 18 years I’ve contributed to music magazines, disc guide books, mooks, and web media. As a writer my main field is Western music, but as a listener for over 35 years, I always try to keep my curiosity alive with the motto “I like what I like.” I have experience playing in bands, where I was a bassist who handled songwriting and composition. Instruments I’ve played include bass, guitar, and piano. I began studying English in my mid-40s and continue to do so today.

Are you familiar with “polka,” a Czech folk music genre with a simple, friendly melody and a fast tempo that makes you want to move your body? Even if you don’t know the name of the genre, many people will recognize it when they hear a famous polka tune.

In Japan, it has even been featured for children on the TV program Minna no Uta, and interestingly, some polka songs became well-known in the 2000s through Flash animations and performances by Hatsune Miku.

This article is a collection of delightful polka classics—please enjoy them together with your children!

Polka masterpieces. Recommended popular songs (21–30)

Piccolo Polka

Piccolo-Polka. E Damare (Músicas del mundo)

Piccolo Polka

Piccolo-Polka, Op.

157.

A work by Eugene Damaré, a French musician known for his career as a flautist and piccolo player.

The piccolo is performed by flutist Ricardo Pérez, with piano accompaniment by Ricardo Soláns.

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Polka from the Mexican Suite

From Mexican Suite: “Polka” composed by E. Angulo

Polka from the Mexican Suite

Polka, the fifth piece from the Mexican Suite.

The composer, Eduardo Angulo, is a Mexican musician who writes chamber music for various instrumental combinations, as well as choral and orchestral works.

The performance is from a concert by the mandolin ensemble “Kojirō-gumi.”

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Italian Polka

Rachmaninoff – Italian Polka – Dmitry Alexeev & Nikolai Demidenko (Moscow, 2016)

Italian Polka

Italian Polka is a work by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov.

It was written based on a performance he heard by a street musician in Italy.

This four-hand piano duet is performed by Dmitri Alexeev and Nikolai Demidenko.

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Polka from the Trio for Three Bassoons

Weissenborn”1.Polka” from Trios for 3 Bassoons

Polka from the Trio for Three Bassoons

Polka from the Trio for Three Bassoons.

The composer, Julius Weissenborn, was also a bassoonist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Performed by Ensemble Burlesca at the Kanagawa Kenmin Small Hall.

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In the Forest of Krapfen

J.Strauss”Im Krapfenwald”Polka,Svilen Simeonov conducts Strauss Festival Orchestra

In the Forest of Krapfen

Polka française “In the Krapfenwaldl (Im Krapfenwald’l),” Op.

336.

A work from the period when Johann Strauss II began spending half the year in Pavlovsk.

Performed by the Strauss Festival Orchestra, conducted by Svilen Simeonov.

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