{{Short description|1858 polka by Johann Strauss II}} '''{{Lang|de|Champagner-Polka|italic=no}}''', [[opus number|Op.]] 211, subtitled "A musical joke",<ref name=Naxos>[https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.223214&catNum=223214&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=German Liner notes] for [https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223214 Strauss II, J.: Edition – Vol. 14], [[Naxos Records]] (in German)</ref> is a [[polka]] by [[Johann Strauss II]], written in 1858 for his successful tour of Russia where he performed in the summer concert season at [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg]], where it was played for the first time on 12 August 1858.<ref name=Naxos />
Strauss dedicated the Champagne-Palk to [[Karl Ludwig von Bruck]] (1798–1860), the Austrian Minister of Finance from 1855 to 1860.
The polka itself references the chorus of a popular tavern song by Hungarian composer [[János Fusz]] (Johann Fuß), "Mir is’ alles ans" (What do I care).<ref name=Naxos />
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==External links== *{{IMSLP|work=Champagner-Polka, Op.211 (Strauss Jr., Johann)|cname=Champagner-Polka (Strauss)}} *{{YouTube|kg5AT1Zqjk|Audio}}, [[Vienna Philharmonic]], [[Riccardo Muti]], [[Vienna New Year's Concert]] 2004
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