Euphemia Allen (1861-1949)

Overview

Almost nothing is known about Euphemia Allen other than that she hailed from Britain and as a 16-year old, composed the timeless, infamous and maddening The Celebrated Chop Waltz. It was her only work which was published under the pseudonym of Arthur de Lulli (sometimes spelled de Zulli). It is said however to have inspired Alexander Borodin to compose variations on the theme for his daughter Gania. Together with Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov and some other Russian composers, the variations were finally published as "Paraphrases on the Cutlet Polka".
An ideal subject for a trivial pursuits session!

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Celebrated Chop Waltz (1877), The		Perf. Bill Edwards

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


	Celebrated Chop Waltz (1877), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A+S/T/T/B/GB(B)

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE221	The Celebrated Chop Waltz (1877) D/A+S/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 1¼ mins.	out-of-print	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Celebrated Chop Waltz (1877), The	D/A+S/T/T/B/GB(B)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Celebrated Chop Waltz (1877), The	E. Allen (music)	Piano	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Euphemia Allen (1861-1949). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Celebrated Chop Waltz, The	1877	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	E. Allen	The Lawrence Welk Show: Chopsticks Boogie (2:08)	J.A. Castle