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WHISTLER’S WALTZ [2]. Old-Time, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Source Malloy said it was “an old tune played at fiddle contests.” The tune is not related to “Whistler's Waltz (1), attributed to Lloyd Wanzer. John Beland remarks in a communication that it is odd that the dissimilar tunes are similarly titled, for Wanzer and Harold Allen (who recorded the tune) knew each other, and are credited with co-composing “The Black Velvet Waltz.”

Source for notated version: Frank Malloy [Devil’s Box].

Printed sources: The Devil’s Box, vol. 16, No. 4, p. 13.

Recorded sources: American Heritage Music Corporation AH-4-1-4, Harold Allen – “Fiddling Around.”

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