Thomas Baker wrote
Il Trovatore Quadrille (1855) for piano, which includes a
movement based on this chorus. Similarly, pianist/composer
Charles Grobe wrote variations on the Anvil Chorus for piano in 1857. The opening day of the 1869
National Peace Jubilee in Boston featured a performance of the Anvil Chorus that featured thousands of musicians, including 50 firemen pounding anvils. A
swing jazz arrangement by
Jerry Gray for the
Glenn Miller Orchestra released on RCA Bluebird in 1941 reached #3 on the U.S.
Billboard charts. The melodic theme also served as the inspiration for "Rockin' the Anvil" for swing jazz ensemble and accordion on
John Serry Sr.'s 1956 album
Squeeze Play. The tune of the chorus was closely parodied in "The Burglar's Chorus" ("With cat-like tread") in
Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879
comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, and soon after became a popular song with the lyrics ''
Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here''. ==References==