Annotation:Westmoreland Waltz

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WESTMORELAND WALTZ. English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was picked up by the Boat Band from an untitled 6/8 time dance tune in London publisher John Walsh’s Compleat Dancing Master (1718), and named and re-set as a waltz.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 87.

Recorded sources: EFDSSCD13, The Boat Band - “Hardcore English” (2007. Various artists). Harbourtown HAR CD047, The Boat Band – “Trip to the Lakes.”

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