Annotation:Fifty Years Ago Waltz
Tune properties and standard notation
FIFTY YEARS AGO WALTZ. AKA and see "Blue Valley Waltz." Old-Time, Waltz. D Major (Phillips): D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Phillips). Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden thinks the title refers to a wedding anniversary, and remarks that the waltz was shortened for contest play in the 1970's by great competitors like Herman Johnson.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 254.
Recorded sources: Decca 5213 (78 RPM), Curly Fox (Ga.) {1936}. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association 002, Taylor McBaine (b. 1911, Mo.) - "Boone County Fiddler." Paramount Records (78 RPM), Y.Z. Hamilton (Ala., 1888-1936), 1925.
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]