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.