Euphemia allen biography of abraham

Musical composition by Euphemia Allan

For a different piece of piano music often called "Chopsticks" in the UK, see Flohwalzer.

"Chopsticks" (original name "The Celebrated Chop Waltz") is a simple, widely known waltz for the piano.

Written in , it is the only published piece by the British composer Euphemia Allan (under the pen name Arthur de Lulli). Allan—whose brother, Mozart Allan, was a music publisher—was sixteen when she composed the piece, with arrangements for solo and duet.^[2] The title "Chop Waltz" comes from Allan's specification that the melody be played in two-part harmony with both hands held in a vertical orientation, little fingers down and palms facing each other, striking the keys with a chopping motion.^[2] The similar "The Coteletten Polka" also was first heard in , with the piano collection Paraphrases elaborating on the theme by ^[2]

Tati-tati and Paraphrases

An equivalent of this rudimentary two