‘Chopsticks’ deposited at British Museum 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 1877)


Video: 'The Celebrated Chop Waltz'

(Saturday, February 3, 1877) — The song “Chopsticks,” a simple, widely known waltz for the piano written by 16-year-old Euphemia Allen under the pseudonym Arthur de Lulli, was deposited today at the British Museum under the title “The Celebrated Chop Waltz.”