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'''ZENDA WALTZ.''' AKA and see "[[La Zenda Waltz]]," "[[Lucenda Waltz]]," "[[Zender Waltz]]," "[[Zinder Waltz]]." American, Canadian; Waltz. A Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): ABB (Messer). Frank Nims writes that the “Zenda Waltz” was: | |f_annotation='''ZENDA WALTZ.''' AKA and see "[[La Zenda Waltz]]," "La Zinda Waltz]]," "[[Lucenda Waltz]]," "[[Zender Waltz]]," "[[Zinder Waltz]]." American, Canadian; Waltz. A Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): ABB (Messer). Frank Nims writes that the “Zenda Waltz” was: | ||
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''“...composed by Frank M. Witmark around 1896. It was written as incidental music for a stage version of'' ''the hit novel '''The Prisoner of Zenda''' (1894), an adventure set in the imaginary Balkan kingdom of'' ''Zenda. Anyhow, I know it as the theme song of magician Howard Thurston, a very big star in his time'' ''(~1910-1930). For decades after his passing, at magicians' gatherings, if somebody was demonstrating an'' ''especially show-bizzy sort of trick one of the onlookers was sure to start humming "Zenda Waltzes". I'm'' ''guessing it became known among traditional musicians via Thurston, who toured the country on a grand'' | ''“...composed by Frank M. Witmark around 1896. It was written as incidental music for a stage version of'' ''the hit novel '''The Prisoner of Zenda''' (1894), an adventure set in the imaginary Balkan kingdom of'' ''Zenda. Anyhow, I know it as the theme song of magician Howard Thurston, a very big star in his time'' ''(~1910-1930). For decades after his passing, at magicians' gatherings, if somebody was demonstrating an'' ''especially show-bizzy sort of trick one of the onlookers was sure to start humming "Zenda Waltzes". I'm'' ''guessing it became known among traditional musicians via Thurston, who toured the country on a grand'' | ||
''scale (ten freight cars worth of props & scenery in his prime). Although obviously it stands on its own'' ''merits now. Might be interesting to see how the folk process has changed it over the years.” '' | ''scale (ten freight cars worth of props & scenery in his prime). Although obviously it stands on its own'' ''merits now. Might be interesting to see how the folk process has changed it over the years.” '' | ||
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|f_source_for_notated_version=Jana Jae Greif [Phillips]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Messer ('''Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes'''), 1980; No. 170, pp. 114 115. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 330. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Bluebird B-0489-A (78 RPM), Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers." Dale Morris - "3/4 Waltz Time." Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling" (appears as "Zender's Waltz"). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=See Pete Martin's bluegrass/Texas transcription [http://www.petimarpress.com/pdf%20files/Texas%20Style%20Fiddle%20Transcriptions%20Volume%202.pdf] (pp. 75-78) | |||
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See Pete Martin's bluegrass/Texas transcription [http://www.petimarpress.com/pdf%20files/Texas%20Style%20Fiddle%20Transcriptions%20Volume%202.pdf] (pp. 75-78) | |||
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ZENDA WALTZ. AKA and see "La Zenda Waltz," "La Zinda Waltz]]," "Lucenda Waltz," "Zender Waltz," "Zinder Waltz." American, Canadian; Waltz. A Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): ABB (Messer). Frank Nims writes that the “Zenda Waltz” was:
“...composed by Frank M. Witmark around 1896. It was written as incidental music for a stage version of the hit novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), an adventure set in the imaginary Balkan kingdom of Zenda. Anyhow, I know it as the theme song of magician Howard Thurston, a very big star in his time (~1910-1930). For decades after his passing, at magicians' gatherings, if somebody was demonstrating an especially show-bizzy sort of trick one of the onlookers was sure to start humming "Zenda Waltzes". I'm guessing it became known among traditional musicians via Thurston, who toured the country on a grand scale (ten freight cars worth of props & scenery in his prime). Although obviously it stands on its own merits now. Might be interesting to see how the folk process has changed it over the years.”
