Annotation:Comet Waltz (The)

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COMET (WALTZ), THE. English (?), American; Waltz (3/8 or 3/4 time). D Major (Kennedy): F Major (Eames). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC'. The tune was entered into the music copybook of American musician M.E. Eames, dated Aug. 22nd, 1859. There have been a few "Comet Waltzes"; a "Comet Waltz" composed by Charles E. Whiting in 1881 is not this tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bruce & Emmett (Drummers' and Fifers' Guide), 1862; p. 86. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 109, p. 26.

Recorded sources:




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