The Devil’s Polka
(1987)
Inspired by a two-panel Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson (“Welcome to Heaven! Here’s your harp.” “Welcome to Hell! Here’s your accordion”), this fully tongue-in-cheek piece includes accordion cliches and “devil” musical quotes, all in a semi-improvisatory/graphic score. It was included on Guy’s 1992 recording for the now-defunct Eva label, “?Who Stole the Polka?”
Instrumentation
- Solo Accordion
- Friends (if any)
Duration
Variable
Premiere
Brooklyn Academy of Music, November 1987
Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Commission
Guy Klucevsek
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