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| Work Title | The Weymouth Railway Polka |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Rolls, Daniel |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IDR 2 |
| Key | G major |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1857 |
| First Performance. | 1857/01/27 at a ball in the Assembly Rooms of the Victoria Hotel, Weymouth |
| First Publication. | 1857 |
| Dedication | Mrs. Butt |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Classical |
| Instrumentation | piano |
| Extra Information | The dedicatee, Mrs. Butt, was the wife of George Medd Butt, MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Composed for a ball at Weymouth to celebrate the opening of the Great Western Railway between Weymouth and London. |