Cumberland Waltz

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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
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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," and there is a "Cumberland Waltz" by T. Latour, a London-based composer of primarily incidental works (composed prior to 1824). There are American "Cumberland Waltzes" as well, named for the Appalachian region.

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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