Annotation:Varsouvienne (4) (La)

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VARSOVIENNE [4]. AKA and see "Put Your Little Foot (Right Out/There)." American, Dance Tune (3/4 time). USA, Arizona. G Major (‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘F’, ‘G’ I’, ‘J’ parts) & D Major (‘H’ part) {Kennedy}:D Major ('A', 'B' and 'D' parts) & G Major ('C' parts) {Ford} . Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Ruth): AABBCCDD (Ford): AABBCCDDEE’FFGGHHII’JJ (Kennedy). A multi-part dance piece, once extremely popular. It is common to hear parts of “Varsoviana” ensconced in various fiddling traditions in Britain, Ireland and North America (see Kennedy’s version for the full piece). Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner said it was popular at dances for seventy five years. See also "Varsoviana Waltz (The)" for one variation on this tune, and the Native American “Varsovienne (6)” for another. Lloyd Shaw, who wrote Cowboy Dances, taught the Varsouvianna to Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones for the movie Duel in the Sun.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 151 (appears as "Varsovienne No. 2). Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 187, p. 50. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 34, p. 13.

Recorded sources: Folkways FW8827, Arbuckle, Mikkelson & Clifton - "Old Time Couple Dances" (1961).

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