Cumberland Waltz

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 Theme code Index    135 135
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Waltz/Valse/Vals
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    England/North West"England/North West" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Jaime Knowles
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Northern Lass (A)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 11
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1995
 Artist    Biography:Robert Forrester & Norman Alford
 Title of recording    Pass the Jug Around
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Veteran VT142CD
 Year recorded    (originally recorded early 1950's)
 Media    
 Score   ()   


CUMBERLAND WALTZ. English, Waltz. D major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The county of Cumberland is first mentioned in the 10th century and is derived from the name of its inhabitants: the ancient Celtic people called the Brittons who were driven into the hills of the West of England by the Anglo-Saxon invaders-they took to calling themselves the Cymry, or brotherhood, in their time of desperation. There appears to be several "Cumberland Waltzes." One appears in Gilfert's Gentleman's Pocket Companion for the German Flute or Violin (1802), and a different one was set by Johann Strauss in a medley of nine waltzes called "The Coronation Waltz."

Printed source: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 83. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; p. 11.

Printed source: Topic TSCD482, Eliza Carthy - "Heat, Light & Sound" (1995). Harbourtown HARCD047, The Boat Band - "A Trip to the Lakes" (2007).


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