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'''NORWEGIAN (WALTZ) [1], THE.''' Canadian, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A waltz of currently unknown provenance despite the title. Peter Yarensky remarks that he found a similar melody on a Scandinavian recording called the "Amerika Vals." The waltz was recorded by New Brunswick radio and TV fiddler Don Messer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Messer] (1909-1973) and his band The Islanders in 1952. Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend recorded Messer's version some years later, playing with a bit more style and panache. French-Canadian fiddlers sometimes add an extra measure to the 'B' part of the tune. | |f_annotation='''NORWEGIAN (WALTZ) [1], THE.''' Canadian, Waltz (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A waltz of currently unknown provenance despite the title. Peter Yarensky remarks that he found a similar melody on a Scandinavian recording called the "Amerika Vals." The waltz was recorded by New Brunswick radio and TV fiddler Don Messer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Messer] (1909-1973) and his band The Islanders in 1952. Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend recorded Messer's version some years later, playing with a bit more style and panache. French-Canadian fiddlers sometimes add an extra measure to the 'B' part of the tune. | ||
[[File:messer.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Don Messer]] See "[[Norwegian Waltz (2) (The)]]" for a variant by southern Irish musicians. | [[File:messer.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Don Messer]] See "[[Norwegian Waltz (2) (The)]]" for a variant by southern Irish musicians. | ||
[[File:townsendmesser. | [[File:townsendmesser.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|]] | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Stephen Toole (1927-1995, Green Road, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Messer ('''Way Down East'''), 1948; No. 90. Messer ('''Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes'''), 1980; No. 167, p. 112. Perlman ('''Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 169. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Apex 26327 (78rpm), Don Messer & His Islanders (1952). Apex AL 1607, Don Messer & His Islanders - "Down East Dancin' with Don Messer Vol. 4." Banff – SBS 5306, Graham Townsend - "I Like Don Messer" (1969). Voyager Records VRCD 312, Grant Lamb - "Manitoba Fiddler." Calvin Volroth - "This Old Tune." | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Don Messer's 1952 recording on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTd4Ofh-L1Y]<br> | |||
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Hear Don Messer's 1952 recording on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTd4Ofh-L1Y]<br> | |||
Hear Graham Townsend's version on youtube.com [http://youtuberepeat.org/?videoId=4eZGYtn66ww]<br> | Hear Graham Townsend's version on youtube.com [http://youtuberepeat.org/?videoId=4eZGYtn66ww]<br> | ||
Hear a clip of Calvin Volroth's version on his website [http://www.calvinvollrath.com/track/23656/norwegian-waltz?feature_id=14572]<br> | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:06, 10 May 2023
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NORWEGIAN (WALTZ) [1], THE. Canadian, Waltz (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A waltz of currently unknown provenance despite the title. Peter Yarensky remarks that he found a similar melody on a Scandinavian recording called the "Amerika Vals." The waltz was recorded by New Brunswick radio and TV fiddler Don Messer [1] (1909-1973) and his band The Islanders in 1952. Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend recorded Messer's version some years later, playing with a bit more style and panache. French-Canadian fiddlers sometimes add an extra measure to the 'B' part of the tune.
