The Polka Italienne (Italian Polka) is a piano work for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff. [1] It was composed in 1906. The piece begins in the key of E-flat minor then changes to E-flat major during the middle section.
Russian pianist Alexander Siloti transcribed the work as a simple arrangement for 2-hand piano. It was published in 1925 by Boosey & Hawkes. The transcription is transposed down to the key of D minor then changes to D major. [2]
Russian classical pianist Vyacheslav Gryaznov arranged a concert transcription for solo piano in preparation for an upcoming tour of Italy in 1999 at the age of 17. Gryaznoc recorded the arrangement on the Steinway & Sons label in 2018 and the arrangement was included in the 2015 Schott Music edition Gryaznov: Piano Transcriptions" [3] [4]
