Annotation:Spanish Waltz (1)
X:1 T:Spanish Waltz [1] L:1/8 M:3/4 N:AABBCAABB. S:Elias Howe – Diamond School for the Violin (c. 1861) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B/c/|dedcBA|G2 GFGB|A2 d2d2|B2 GABc|dedcBA|G2 GFGB|A2d2d2|G2 z2:| |:G2|F2d2d2|B2d2d2|f2d2d2|B2 cBAG|F2d2d2|B2d2d2|dedcBA|G3 z:| K:C c2|e4 d2|c4 Bc|d2g2g2|e2c2G2|e4 d2|c4 Bc|d2g2g2|c3z||
SPANISH WALTZ [1]. AKA and see “Mendon Waltz,” "Spanish Dance [?]." American, Waltz (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. The tune dates to the 1820's as "Spanish Waltz" or "Spanish Dance," though there have been other tunes and dances by the same name. The 'B' and 'C' parts in Matthiesen’s version are also known as "Cinderella Waltz." Boston publisher Elias Howe (Drawing Room Dances, 1858) printed a waltz circle mixer called “Spanish Dance” which still has currency at New England dances today (the same two parts as the first two parts of the four part tune appearing in Lovett’s publication, referenced below). The ‘C’ and ‘D’ parts of the “Spanish Waltz [1]” form the melody “Green Hills of Tyrol,” points out Liz Stell. A Scottish dance called Spanish Waltz was also called the Waltz Country Dance and the Guaracha Waltz.
