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WHISTLER’S WALTZ [2]. Old-Time, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Source Malloy said it was “an old tune played at fiddle contests", but it has been attributed to Wiser, Idaho, fiddler Lloyd Wanzer, who is said to have composed it around 1966. The tune was popularized, recalls Phil Williams [1], by a number of fiddlers in the 1970's at Weiser, including Wanzer, Harold Allen, Bill Yohey and Don Gish and others in the nineteen-seventies. Wanzer and Harold Allen (who recorded the tune) knew each other, and are credited with co-composing “The Black Velvet Waltz.” The waltz is not related to “Whistler's Waltz (1), attributed to Randy Elmore.

Source for notated version: Frank Malloy [Devil’s Box].

Printed sources: The Devil’s Box, vol. 16, 1982, No. 4, p. 13.

Recorded sources: American Heritage Music Corporation AH-4-1-4, Harold Allen – “Fiddling Around.”

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
See Phil William's standard notation transcription [3]

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-'''WHISTLER’S WALTZ [2].''' Old-Time, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Source Malloy said it was “an old tune played at fiddle contests.” The tune was popularized, recalls Phil Williams [http://www.wotfa.org/tuneOfTheMonth/pages/122012WhistlersWaltz.html], by a number of fiddlers in the 1970's at Weiser, including Wanzer, Harold Allen, Bill Yohey and Don Gish and others in the nineteen-seventies. John Beland remarks in a communication that it is odd that the dissimilar tunes are similarly titled, for Wanzer and Harold Allen (who recorded the tune) knew each other, and are credited with co-composing “The Black Velvet Waltz.” The tune is not related to “[[Whistler's Waltz (1)]], attributed to Randy Elmore.
+'''WHISTLER’S WALTZ [2].''' Old-Time, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Source Malloy said it was “an old tune played at fiddle contests", but it has been attributed to Wiser, Idaho, fiddler Lloyd Wanzer, who is said to have composed it around 1966. The tune was popularized, recalls Phil Williams [http://www.wotfa.org/tuneOfTheMonth/pages/122012WhistlersWaltz.html], by a number of fiddlers in the 1970's at Weiser, including Wanzer, Harold Allen, Bill Yohey and Don Gish and others in the nineteen-seventies. Wanzer and Harold Allen (who recorded the tune) knew each other, and are credited with co-composing “The Black Velvet Waltz.” The waltz is not related to “[[Whistler's Waltz (1)]], attributed to Randy Elmore.
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