polonaise in e flat major
OPUS NUMBER | - |
BURGHAUSER CATALOGUE NUMBER | 100 |
COMPOSED | 20 December - 24 December 1879 |
PREMIERE - DATE AND PLACE | 6 January 1880, Prague |
PREMIERE - PERFORMER(S) | 36th Infantry Regiment Orchestra, conductor F. Sommer |
FIRST EDITION | C. F. Peters, 1892, Leipzig |
MAIN KEY | E flat major |
INSTRUMENTATION | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, violins, violas, cellos, double basses |
DURATION | approx. 6 min. |
This is an occasional piece which the composer wrote for the ball committee of the Academic Readers’ Association as the opening number for a ball held on 6 January 1880. | ![]() score of the Polonaise |