Pizzicato Polka

Johann Strauss Jr

Josef Strauss

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General Info

Year: 1869 / 1909
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

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Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Cornet
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion (3-4 players), including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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Johann Strauss Jr. wrote the Pizzicato Polka with his brother Josef Strauss (1827-1870).

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Encore Concert Band (Mokena, Ill.) (Bill Schuetter, conductor) – 1 March 2015

Works for Winds by these Composers

Johann Strauss Jr:

Adaptable Music

The Blue Danube (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1866/2020)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shiraiwa) (1858/ )

All Wind Works

An der schönen blauen Donau (arr. Van der Beek) (1866/2010)
Annen-Polka (arr. Kitano) (1852/2011)
Auf der Jagd (arr. Kalischnig) (1875/?)
Aufzugsmarsch (arr. Stevenson)
The Blue Danube (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1866/2020)
Blue Danube Waltz (arr. Leidzen) (1866/1941)
Caroussel-Marsch (arr. Stevenson)
Der Zigeunerbaron Overture (tr. Nefs) (1885/2012)
Die Fledermaus (arr. Suzuki) (1874)
Die Fledermaus (tr. Niese) (1874/2003)
Die Fledermaus Overture (arr. Cailliet) (1874/1946)
Egyptischer Marsch (arr. Kalischnig) (1869/?)
Eine Nacht in Venedig Ouvertüre (arr. Wagner) (1883/1993)
Einzugsmarsch (arr. Hautvast) (/2007)
Élgen a Magyár! (tr. Lubaroff) (1869/2004)
Emperor Waltz (arr. Bullock) (1888/2003)
Emperor Waltz (arr. Smeets) (1889/1999)
Freikugeln (arr. Kalischnig) (1868/?)
Im Sturmschritt (tr. Nefs) (1871/2019)
Jubelfest Marsch (arr. Kalischnig)
Leichtes Blut (arr. Hautvast)
Leichtes Blut (arr. Kitano)
Leichtes Blut (arr. Wagner)
A Night in Venice (arr. Walters) (1883/1964)
Perpetuum Mobile (arr. Carros) (1861/1995)
Perpetuum Mobile (arr. Reed) (1861/2001)
Perpetuum Mobile (arr. Niese) (1861/2010)
Persian March (arr. Leidzen) (1864/1937)
Persischer - Marsch (arr. Kalischnig) (1864/)
Pizzicato Polka (with Josef Strauss) (1869/1909)
Pizzicato Polka (with Josef Strauss; arr. Kitano) (1869/2006)
Pizzicato Polka (with Josef Strauss; arr. Remsen) (1869/1992)
Prozess-Polka (arr. Stevenson)
Reiter Marsch (arr. Kitano) (?/2011)
Rosen aus dem Süden (arr. Kitano) (/2007)
Russischer Marsch (arr. Kalischnig)
Spanischer Marsch (arr. Kitano) (/2011)
Theme from Emperor Waltz (arr. Johnson) (1888/1993)
Thunder and Lightning Polka (arr. Daehn) (1868/2014)
Thunder and Lightning Polka (arr. Reed) (1868/1999)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (arr. Hautvast) (1858/2010)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (arr. Reed) (1858/1998)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shiraiwa) (1858/)
Unter Donner und Blitz (arr. Wagner) (1868/1992)
Vergnügungszug (arr. Kalischnig) (1864/?)
Vergnügungszug (arr. Wagner) (1864/1992)
Voices of Spring (arr. Martinus) (1882/1998)
Waltz Time with Johann Strauss (arr. Cacavas) (2008)
Waltzing with Strauss (arr. Kalischnig)
Zigeunerbaron Overture (arr. Patterson) (1885)

Josef Strauss:

Happy Go Lucky (arr. Glover) (1869/2023)
Pizzicato Polka (with Johann Strauss Jr.) (1869/1909)
Pizzicato Polka (with Josef Strauss; arr. Kitano) (1869/2006)
Pizzicato Polka (with Johann Strauss Jr.; arr. Remsen) (1869/1992)

Resources

Strauss, Johann; Strauss, Josef (1909). Pizzicato Polka [score]. Fischer: [s.l.]
Neue Pizzicato Polka, Wikipedia