Neue Pizzicato Polka


Neue Pizzicato Polka, Op. 449, is a polka composed by Johann Strauss II. It was written in 1892 for concerts to be given under Eduard Strauss in Hamburg. Strauss later inserted the work as a ballet between the second and third acts of his operetta .
The work is named Pizzicato Polka because the stringed instruments were plucked throughout. There is also an old which Johann Strauss composed in 1869 with his brother Josef.