Igor Stravinsky Circus Polka ~ For A Young Elephant

Igor Stravinsky Circus Polka ~ For A Young Elephant Philarmonia Orchestra Elihau Imbal, conductor &wrote his Circus Polka for wind ensemble as a piece for a young elephant in the elephant ballet of Barnum & Bayley’s Circus. George Balanchine coreographed the piece in 1942. The metric framework is taken mainly from 2/4 time, which parodies Schubert’s Military March in the coda.' From Music Notes by Michael Hurte Lithograph: Strobridge Lithographing Company, The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth /The Great Coney Island Water Carnival /Remarkable Head-Foremost Dives from Enormous Heights into Shallow Depths of Water, 1898Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum