Annotation:Paris Waltz

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PARIS WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. USA, Tenn. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Arthur Smith (1898-1971), named for the town of Paris, Tennessee.

Source for notated version: Howard Forrester and Dwight Lubiniecki [Phillips]; Floyd Engstrom [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 292. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 35.

Recorded sources: Bluebird Records (78 RPM), Arthur Smith (1939). County Records CO-3526-CD, "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners." Starday SLP 202, "Rare Old Fiddle Tunes - Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and the Dixieliners" (1963).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Arthur Smith's 1939 recording on youtube.com [2]