Annotation:Starlight Waltz (1)
X:1 T:Starlight Waltz [1] N:From the playing of fiddler John Baltzell (1860-1940, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio). Baltzell was a protege N:of Dan Emmett, and one of the most recorded fiddlers of the 1920's. He was a regional fiddle champion and N:competed in Henry Ford's fiddle contests for the right to claim a national championship. M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Waltz N:"+" = spicatto bow D:Edison 52425 (78 RPM), John Baltzell (1929) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/starlight-waltz Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C G,2|C2 D(C/B,/C)|A,2C2F2|E6|TE2G,2C2|D2-DE (3DED|G,2A,2B,2| C2-CD CB,|C2B,2A,2|C2 {D}(3CB,C C2|A,2 C2F2|E6| TE2G,2C2|D2-DE (3DED|G,2A,2B,2|.Cz {D}C4|C2 z2:| |:G2|E4F2|G2 (AdBG)|E2 "+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]| "+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|E4F2|G2 (AdBG)| E2 "+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]| "+"[B,2D2] BGBG|"+"[E2c2]"+"[E2c2] "+"[E2c2] | [E4c4]:| g2|Je'4d'2|{c'd'}c'2e2a2|g2 {a}Tg4|B4a2|g2 {a}Tg4|B4a2| g2 {a}Tg4|c4 g2|Je'4d'2|{c'd'}c'2e2a2|g2 {a}Tg4|B6| [B2g2][B2f2][B2g2]|a2g2B2|[E2c2] {d}[Ec]Bcd|[E2c2]z2||
- ↑ Baltzell recorded over 40 sides for Edison, but a number were not released. Still, at 26 released sides, he was one of the most prolific of the early fiddlers on record.