Annotation:Victoria Waltz
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VICTORIA WALTZ. AKA and see “Exhibition Waltz (The),” "Speaking (The).” English, Waltz. D Major (‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ parts) & G Major (‘E’, ‘F’ parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCDDEEFF. “Victoria Waltz” is the name of a fashionable 19th century dance, to which a number of waltz tunes were used as a vehicle, the name “Victoria Waltz” as an alternate title sometimes becoming thus attached. See also note for “Kelso Hiring Fair.”
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 189, p. 51.
Recorded sources:
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