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|f_annotation='''COPENHAGEN WALTZ'''. AKA - "Danish Waltz." English, Scottish, American; Waltz (3/4 or 3/8 time). G Major (O'Farrell, Raven): C Major (Howe/Accordeon, Linscott, Plain Brown): D Major (Ashman, Howe/Diamond, Kennedy, Kerr, Miller, Plain Brown, Sumner). Standard tuning. ABC (Plain Brown): AABBC (Howe/Accordeon): AABBCC (most versions). "('Copenhagen Waltz' is a) ...melody characteristic of the 18th century, says Linscott, although in fact it was a quite popular tune dating from the beginnings of the fad for waltzes in the early part of the 19th century. It may be even earlier. Danish fiddle player Harald Haugaard has found the tune in the 1790 music notebook of Erik Hensen (Skanderborg, Jutland) where is is called "Vals som er ganske ny" (A somewhat new waltz), and a number of versions are known in Danish spillemand music, including "Meget Gammel Vals " (A Very Old Waltz) from Vendsyssel (Jutland) or "Avet Vals" from Taasinge (an island off Funen)<ref>Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, '''A Hidden Ulster: People, songs and traditions of Oriel''', Dublin, 2003, p. 437.</ref>. The melody appears in numerous fiddlers' manuscripts throughout the 19th century and was even collected in tradition as late as the 1950's, in Yorkshire (the fiddle playing of Billy Pennock, recorded in 1953 by PK Goathland). | |f_annotation='''COPENHAGEN WALTZ'''. AKA - "Danish Waltz." English, Scottish, American; Waltz (3/4 or 3/8 time). G Major (O'Farrell, Raven): C Major (Howe/Accordeon, Linscott, Plain Brown): D Major (Ashman, Howe/Diamond, Kennedy, Kerr, Miller, Plain Brown, Sumner). Standard tuning. ABC (Plain Brown): AABBC (Howe/Accordeon): AABBCC (most versions). "('Copenhagen Waltz' is a) ...melody characteristic of the 18th century, says Linscott, although in fact it was a quite popular tune dating from the beginnings of the fad for waltzes in the early part of the 19th century. It may be even earlier. Danish fiddle player Harald Haugaard has found the tune in the 1790 music notebook of Erik Hensen (Skanderborg, Jutland) where is is called "Vals som er ganske ny" (A somewhat new waltz), and a number of versions are known in Danish spillemand music, including "Meget Gammel Vals " (A Very Old Waltz) from Vendsyssel (Jutland) or "Avet Vals" from Taasinge (an island off Funen)<ref>Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, '''A Hidden Ulster: People, songs and traditions of Oriel''', Dublin, 2003, p. 437.</ref>. The melody appears in numerous British fiddlers' manuscripts throughout the 19th century and was even collected in tradition as late as the 1950's, in Yorkshire (the fiddle playing of Billy Pennock, recorded in 1953 by PK Goathland). | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; the 1823-26 music ms. of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; the 1823-26 music ms. of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. | ||
|f_printed_sources= Ashman ('''The Ironbridge Hornpipe'''), 1991; No. 34, p. 11. William Cahusac ('''The German Flute Preceptor'''), c. 1814; p. 21. Doyle ('''Plain Brown Tune Book'''), 1997; pp. 6 & 23 (includes variations). Howe ('''Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon'''), 1843; p. 22. Howe ('''Diamond School for the Violin'''), c. 1861. Kennedy ('''Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes'''), 1999; No. 110, p. 26. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; No. 9, pg. 51. Linscott ('''Folk Songs of Old New England'''), 1939; p. 119. Miller ('''Fiddler's Throne'''), 2004; No. 365, p. 215. O'Farrell ('''Pocket Companion''', vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 141. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 134. Sumner ('''Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript'''), 1997; p. 79 (originally set in the key of 'C' major in the ms.). Wilson ('''Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; p. 152. | |f_printed_sources= Ashman ('''The Ironbridge Hornpipe'''), 1991; No. 34, p. 11. William Cahusac ('''The German Flute Preceptor'''), c. 1814; p. 21. Doyle ('''Plain Brown Tune Book'''), 1997; pp. 6 & 23 (includes variations). Howe ('''Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon'''), 1843; p. 22. Howe ('''Diamond School for the Violin'''), c. 1861. Kennedy ('''Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes'''), 1999; No. 110, p. 26. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; No. 9, pg. 51. Linscott ('''Folk Songs of Old New England'''), 1939; p. 119. Miller ('''Fiddler's Throne'''), 2004; No. 365, p. 215. O'Farrell ('''Pocket Companion''', vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 141. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 134. Sumner ('''Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript'''), 1997; p. 79 (originally set in the key of 'C' major in the ms.). Wilson ('''Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; p. 152. | ||
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COPENHAGEN WALTZ. AKA - "Danish Waltz." English, Scottish, American; Waltz (3/4 or 3/8 time). G Major (O'Farrell, Raven): C Major (Howe/Accordeon, Linscott, Plain Brown): D Major (Ashman, Howe/Diamond, Kennedy, Kerr, Miller, Plain Brown, Sumner). Standard tuning. ABC (Plain Brown): AABBC (Howe/Accordeon): AABBCC (most versions). "('Copenhagen Waltz' is a) ...melody characteristic of the 18th century, says Linscott, although in fact it was a quite popular tune dating from the beginnings of the fad for waltzes in the early part of the 19th century. It may be even earlier. Danish fiddle player Harald Haugaard has found the tune in the 1790 music notebook of Erik Hensen (Skanderborg, Jutland) where is is called "Vals som er ganske ny" (A somewhat new waltz), and a number of versions are known in Danish spillemand music, including "Meget Gammel Vals " (A Very Old Waltz) from Vendsyssel (Jutland) or "Avet Vals" from Taasinge (an island off Funen)[1]. The melody appears in numerous British fiddlers' manuscripts throughout the 19th century and was even collected in tradition as late as the 1950's, in Yorkshire (the fiddle playing of Billy Pennock, recorded in 1953 by PK Goathland).
- ↑ Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, A Hidden Ulster: People, songs and traditions of Oriel, Dublin, 2003, p. 437.