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SPANISH WALTX [2]. AKA and see "Manuela (La)." G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. This tune was often used for a waltz mixer dance in Sicilian Circle formation. A two-strain version was entered as "Manuela (La)" in the mid-19th century music manuscript book of musician M.E. Eames^[1]. The third ('C') and fourth ('D') strains are opera composer wikipedia:Gioachino Rossini's (1792–1868) "La tua Danza sì Leggierà" from the dance scene in his opera Gulielmo Tell (1829).

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Printed sources : - Howe (Drawing Room Dances), 1859.

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↑ Although nothing is known of musician Eames, he was probably a violinist, perhaps from Philadelphia, Pa. (judging from some titles in the manuscript).

[1] Although nothing is known of musician Eames, he was probably a violinist, perhaps from Philadelphia, Pa. (judging from some titles in the manuscript).

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