Annotation:Bloomingdale Waltz

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BLOOMINGDALE WALTZ. American, Waltz. A Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AABBAACAA. "Bloomingdale Waltz" was composed and published in 1829 by New York musician Michael Higgins in his Original Dances, Waltes & Hornpipes for the Violin (1829, p. 10). The waltz was found in the music manuscripts of Long Island painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868). The title predates New York's famous Bloomingdale department stores, founded in 1861.

Source for notated version: Gilbert Ross [Phillips].

Printed sources: Higgins (Original Dances, Waltes & Hornpipes for the Violin), 1829; p. 10. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 242.

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