Black Hills Waltz (The)

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Theme code Index	111 331
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Waltz/Valse/Vals
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History	USA(Southwest)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Larry V. Shumway
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Frontier Fiddler
Tune and/or Page number	p. 265
Year of publication/Date of MS	1990
Artist	Biography:Kenner Karchner
Title of recording	New Beehive Songster vol. 1: Early Recordings of Pioneer Folk Music.
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Okehdodee OK75003
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

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BLACK HILLS WALTZ. American, Waltz. USA, Arizona. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Shumway). Kartchner said, "it goes at least back to 1890." There was a "Black Hills Waltz" composed in 1877 by H.R. Marcyes, but it is a different melody than Kartchner's "Black Hills Waltz."

Source for notated version: Kenner C. Kartchner (Arizona) [Shumway].

Printed source: Shumway (Frontier Fiddler), 1990; p. 265. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 11.

Recorded sources: County 2730, Rafe Stefanini - "Glory on the Big String." Okehdodee OK75003, Kenner Karchner - "The New Beehive Songster vol. 1: Early Recordings of Pioneer Folk Music." Rounder CD 0359, Skip Gorman - "Lonesome Prairie Love" (1996).

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