Dove Polka

arr: Vitak, Louis

Dove Polka

arr: Louis Vitak

Original Copyright: 1919

By: Georgi & Vitak

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Vitak, Louis

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Louis Vitak, a former resident of

C

anton, Ohio, moved to Chicago in

1902

and opened

a pu

blishing business. This

firm, the Georgi & Vitak Music

Compan

y, specialized in music of co

mposers of C

z

echoslovakia and other

foreign descents. In 1912, he m

a

de his nephe

w

, J

o

seph P. Elsnic,

a

partner in th

e fir

m

. This company, kno

w

n as Vita

k-Elsnic Music C

o

mpan

y

published music

b

y

Polish, Slavic,

Hungarian a

nd

o

ther eastern

Eur

opean composer

s. About 1916,

the Vitak-Elsnic firm absorbed

the

ca

talog of the Ge

orgi & Vitak firm.

Vitak w

a

s a prolif

ic composer as w

e

ll as a pub

lisher. His music and that of oth

e

r c

o

mposers

published b

y

the

firm saw

w

id

e

use in various ethni

c concerts and celebrations

w

h

ich are held even t

o

this day.

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Dove Pol

ka

w

a

s

published 1919

b

y

Georgi & Vita

k (Chicago,

IL). T

h

is traditional Czech music w

a

s

arrang

ed for sma

ll band b

y

Louis

Vitak.

Program n

o

te re

searched b

y

M

a

rc

us L. Neiman

Medina, Ohio

Additional information on either th

e composer

or c

o

mposition w

oul

d be

w

e

lcomed.

Please send

information to

marcusneiman@

zoominternet.net

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R

ehrig

, Will

iam

H., Bi

erle

y, Pa

ul

(ed

itor)

.

The en

cyclopedia of ban

d music,

Integrity Press,

West

ervi

lle, OH.

(2005), CD, us

ed wi

th

permis

si

on.