Die Bajadere (polka)

"Die Bajadere" is one of

'Die Bajadere' begins in the key of A major and has two complete sections in the same key before a brief Intrada heralds the Trio section of the work. The Trio section, in D major is heavily accented in the 1st part but is more lyrical in the second. After a general repeat of the same A major 1st part and its successive 2nd one, the polka proceeds into a frenzy, heavily-chorded phrase with an abrupt conclusion, all in the home key.

The work has been performed at the

Marius Petipa's ballet La Bayadère premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, February 4, 1877.^[1]

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