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Piefke und Pufke polka française Op.235
by Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
Johann Strauss I (1804-1849)
Piefke und Pufke polka française Op.235
Whatever you make of the title - the meaning of “Piefke und Pufke” is lost somewhere in the history of Viennese dialect - it is an unusually tuneful polka. It offers three good tunes in less than two minutes: the very busy one which animates the first section (and briefly reappears at the end) and a rather more graceful one together with a faintly exotic one, both of them resourcefully scored, in the middle section.
From Gerald Larner’s files: “Piefke und Pufke”