Cornflower Waltz
CORNFLOWER WALTZ. English, American, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDC. Composed by English composer Charles Coote, and published in the 1850’s or 1860’s. It was in the repertoire of the brass band of the Old Aurora Colony in Oregon, a utopian society with strong musical traditions, founded by German immigrants in 1856.
Recorded source: American Heritage Music Corporation AH-4-1-4, Harold Allen - "Fiddling Around." Voyager 375, Vivian and Phil Williams, Terry Wergeland - "Tunes from the Haynes Family Manuscript" (2011).
Hear Vivian Williams play this tune at [1]
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