Annotation:Tyrolese Waltz
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TYROLESE WALTZ. English, Waltz (3/4 time). England, Shropshire. F Major (Ashman/Moore): D Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Hodsoll’s Collection of Popular Dances No. 24, an undated manuscript of tunes with Napoleonic-era titles and country dance directions. William Gardiner, publisher of sacred melodies by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven early in the 19th century, complained that "the nonconformists...have adapted trivial and unworthy tunes such as 'The Tyrolese Waltz' to sacred texts."
The Tyrol is the alpine area of Austria, a country that was an ally of England against Napoleon, a fact that may account for the appearance of the tune in period country dance collections.
