Josef Strauss - Jockey Polka, Op. 278 (1870)

Josef Luckhardt Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was the brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military. He studied music with Franz Dolleschal and learned to play the violin with Franz Anton Ries.

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Jokey Polka-Schnell, Op. 278 (1870)

Wiener Philharmonic conducted by Willi Boskovsky

First Performance: 17 February 1870, Gartenbaugesellschaft
piano version: Wien, Schreiber. Monatsbericht (1871), p.12
violin & piano version: Wien, Schreiber. Monatsbericht (1874), p.115

Jokey-Polka, Op. 278, by Josef Strauss (1827-1870) was written originally for piano in 1870. The arrangement for orchestra of the fast polka (polka schnell) was completed by Austrian composer, arranger, and conductor Max Schönherr (1903-1984).