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'''FAR AWAY'''. American, Waltz. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Composed in 1985 by Pete Jung (Kingston, N.Y.), who told editor Tim Mathiesen (1992): "I wrote this while playing the mandolin, on the way back home from a Brattleboro (VT) Dawn Dance, at about 7 A.M. I wrote it for a particular woman who has an enchanting but elusive quality-that was what I was trying to convey." The melody has become quite popular for contra dance waltzing, and pops up from time to time at sessions. | '''FAR AWAY'''. American, Waltz. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Composed in 1985 by Pete Jung (Kingston, N.Y.), who told editor Tim Mathiesen (1992): "I wrote this while playing the mandolin, on the way back home from a Brattleboro (VT) Dawn Dance, at about 7 A.M. I wrote it for a particular woman who has an enchanting but elusive quality-that was what I was trying to convey." The melody has become quite popular for contra dance waltzing, and pops up from time to time at sessions. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Matthiesen ('''Waltz Book 1'''), 1992; p. 21. | ''Printed sources'': Matthiesen ('''Waltz Book 1'''), 1992; p. 21. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>CCF2, Cape Cod Fiddlers - "Concert Collection II" (1999). Maggie's Music, Ceoltoiri - "Silver Apples of the Moon." Wild Asparagus - "Tone Roads" (1990). Conor Keane - "Oidhreacht" (appears as "Nicholas Quemener's Waltz"-Quemener is with the group Arcady). </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>CCF2, Cape Cod Fiddlers - "Concert Collection II" (1999). Maggie's Music, Ceoltoiri - "Silver Apples of the Moon." Wild Asparagus - "Tone Roads" (1990). Conor Keane - "Oidhreacht" (appears as "Nicholas Quemener's Waltz"-Quemener is with the group Arcady). </font> | ||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f02.htm#Faraw]<br> | |||
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FAR AWAY. American, Waltz. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Composed in 1985 by Pete Jung (Kingston, N.Y.), who told editor Tim Mathiesen (1992): "I wrote this while playing the mandolin, on the way back home from a Brattleboro (VT) Dawn Dance, at about 7 A.M. I wrote it for a particular woman who has an enchanting but elusive quality-that was what I was trying to convey." The melody has become quite popular for contra dance waltzing, and pops up from time to time at sessions.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Matthiesen (Waltz Book 1), 1992; p. 21.
Recorded sources: CCF2, Cape Cod Fiddlers - "Concert Collection II" (1999). Maggie's Music, Ceoltoiri - "Silver Apples of the Moon." Wild Asparagus - "Tone Roads" (1990). Conor Keane - "Oidhreacht" (appears as "Nicholas Quemener's Waltz"-Quemener is with the group Arcady).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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