Annotation:Morpeth Waltz

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MORPETH WALTZ. English, Waltz. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed by musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler Robert Whinham [1] (1814-1893), originally from Morpeth. The melody appears also in the 19th century collection of W.A. Cocks [2], although the manuscript is anonymous and in several different hands.

Source for notated version: the 19th century William Green manuscript, in the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum [Dixon].

Printed sources: Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 43.

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