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What about your favourite waltz then?
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: The Barden of England Date: 29 Sep 03 - 09:15 AM 'Michael Turner's Waltz' for me. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: GUEST,val Date: 29 Sep 03 - 08:32 AM I like 'The Village Club Walz' on Tim Laycock's 'Fine Colours' CD. Wrtten in Dorset in the 1920's to commemorate the opening of a new village hall. Sounds wonderfully evocative on the concertina. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Hrothgar Date: 29 Sep 03 - 05:03 AM Coalbrook Band, based in Newcastle (Australia), have a superb arrangement of "Plaisir D'Amour" as a waltz. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Ebbie Date: 29 Sep 03 - 02:14 AM Marion/ September 25, 2000: In my experience Margaret's Waltz is most often played in A. One of my current favorite ones is Rodney Miller's Blue Mont Waltz. And Bob McQuillen's Augusta Waltz. Don't know why I didn't run across that one before last year. He evidently wrote it in '87 or so. But really, with those long, slow notes almost any waltz is sure to please. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Margret RoadKnight Date: 29 Sep 03 - 01:15 AM My favourite Australian songwriter, John Shortis, wrote a song for me - "Sucker For a Waltz". I recorded on my FRINGE BENEFITS CD, along with "Margaret's Waltz" (now a SONG, courtesy of approved added lyrics by the aforementioned John) |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: GUEST Date: 28 Sep 03 - 10:00 PM Oh how we danced on the night we were wed sounds like the Anniversary Waltz to me. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Banjer Date: 30 Sep 00 - 05:35 PM The Vienna Waltz is one piece that stands out in my childhood memories as having been played a lot at home. Mom had a collection of records that featured mostly Viennese Waltzes. I'll have to look if they still exist. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jon Freeman Date: 30 Sep 00 - 03:54 PM I don't know who "most 'Catters" are. I like it - nice job! Jon |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: mrs_zezam Date: 30 Sep 00 - 03:44 PM Wow, Barry T. - what a lovely arrangement - you did a great job! |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Barry T Date: 29 Sep 00 - 10:01 PM Since Margaret's Waltz appeared to be the most popular tune in this thread, I succumbed to the urge to try an arrangement. Here is the result... probably a little more orchestral than most 'Catters would prefer, but I'm a sucker for lush strings and big orchestras! |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: poet Date: 27 Sep 00 - 07:01 PM Hi all for a slow and lovely waltz try "The Lilac Waltz" to "Annies Song" its Beautiful to watch or Dance to. A thought for you, I've noticed that some Irish tunes/songs Normally played in Waltz time actually fit the Veletta and not the Waltz. strange is'nt it. Graham (Guernsey) |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: GUEST,Terry Allan Hall Date: 27 Sep 00 - 06:33 PM "Midnight On The Water"...check out David Bromberg's version on the album by the same name |
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Subject: Tune Add: PLAY FIDDLE PLAY(Lawrence/Deutsch/Altman From: Helen Date: 27 Sep 00 - 04:45 AM Miditext for Play Fiddle Play. Lovely & unusual tune - I loved it the first time I played it from a book of waltzes about 25 years ago. Helen
MIDI file: playfidd.mid Timebase: 192 Name: Play, Fiddle, Play This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: PoohBear Date: 27 Sep 00 - 12:48 AM I'm very fond of any waltz when I have a good dance partner but am particularly fond of "Star of the County Down". Cheers! PB |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: CarolC Date: 27 Sep 00 - 12:19 AM Midnight Snow Blind, by Sharon Hall. Can be found on Morning Star Consort's CD, "Slightly Tweaked" |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jeri Date: 27 Sep 00 - 12:08 AM You can find tunes that Barry Taylor has sequenced here. Barry's one heck of a fine electronic arranger!
Tunes I've written are pretty much all at Alan's Mudcat Midi Page (which is also available in the Quick Links at top of page.) I could have sworn you used to be able to search this site. Since you can't seem to do that, the tunes I've done are: There were a couple I sent in May that didn't get posted. Maybe I reached my limit. :-) The only waltzy ones are Jon Freeman and Farewell to Reason. Sorry folks, I know I'm indulging myself, and I'll knock it off after this. Rabitrunning, you may not find much you like. I don't like anything else I've done as much as Dragonfly, and I think that was the first or second tune I ever wrote. Hope you enjoy them a bit, though. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Musicman Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:56 PM As many of you know, I did an Irish Cd of Celtic waltzes and slow airs last year in memory of my wife who passed away unexpectedly. The web page, which can be found here, has many of the above mention tunes presented.... thinking of my own favorite?????? too many to chose from.... of course many of the ones on the album, but songs include Blue Skirt Waltz, Tennessee Waltz and When I Grow Too Old To Dream. (used to sing those for the seniors alot) anyway... enjoy... musicman |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jon Freeman Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:38 PM Most of Jeri's tunes can be found at Alan's Mudcat Midi Page. I am not sure where Barry T's site is now but a lot of his arangements and his Tunebook can be found at contemplator.com Jon |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: rabbitrunning Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:26 PM I just love it when people put blickies in so I can listen to the music that they're talking about. Just one silly question from the newbie... How do you find more Midi's done by the same person? I can find titles, but I am madly in love with "Dragonfly" and want more, more more! |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: gillymor Date: 26 Sep 00 - 09:06 PM Wow,lot of great tunes above! My Own House, Waltz for Debbie, Midnight on the Water... Dave |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: oggie Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:40 PM 'Dark Island' - I know it's usually played as a slow air but give it a Highland lilt and it's a wonderful waltz. Also Bill Monroe's 'Kentucky Waltz' Steve |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: mousethief Date: 26 Sep 00 - 02:44 PM Shoot me for being un-folk, but I'd have to say "The Millionaire Waltz" from Queen's Day at the Races. Come back, come back to me....
Alex |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jim Krause Date: 26 Sep 00 - 02:43 PM Marion, IMHO there are some tunes in 3/4 time that are best played as airs, not waltzes. Ashokan Farewell is one of them. I like to play this piece a little more slowly and expressivly than what local dancers feel is optimum waltz tempo. For a tune to be a good waltz candidate, I like a melody where the accents are either ONE, two, three, ONE, two, three: or one, two THREE, one, two, THREE. A good example is Tombigbee. Another good example is a waltz I learned from Arkansas fiddler DeAnn Gillispie called Polly's Waltz. It has a ONE, two, three, ONE, two, three feel to it. Another waltz that has the same kind of feel to it is Southwind, another one of my favorites. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Turtle Date: 26 Sep 00 - 02:30 PM Oooo, yes, Susan, Tim and Melinda's (3 month and 17 day) anniversary waltz! Sure wanna learn to play that one. Just danced to the fabulous Pig's Eye Landing last Saturday night. And I like the Valse des Jeunes Filles too, and Planxty Fanny Powers, yes, yes, yes. Also Life in the Finnish Woods, a Swedish waltz I can barely play. And then there's Berceuse Pour Hannah, which Quebecois band Domino recorded. But my current favorite is She Left a Star (composed by Sarah Bauhan)--it's on Nat Hewitt's CD. It may be because it's the first tune I ever learned entirely by ear off a recording, but playing it makes me almost as happy as listening to Nat play it, which I'm doing right now as I type. Mmmmm. Smooth. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Marion Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:32 PM Should Margaret's Waltz be played in G or A? At JC's there was a long list of Margaret's Waltzes, about half of which were in A and half in G. And by "should" I mean: when I want to play this tune with other musicians, are they more likely to know it in A or G? Thanks, Marion |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Ely Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:09 PM Ookpik, Amelia's, Midnight on the Water, Flying Indian (bad title, good tune) |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: GUEST, mrs_zezam Date: 25 Sep 00 - 04:10 PM Rich(b.g.c.), you make me laugh. Marymac90, Ashokan Farewell is my favorite, too. I had an injury and was unable to play for a couple of years. That piece was my "physical therapy"... worked on every day for months and the beauty of it helped me to continue through a slow & painful process. Though they don't know me, Jay and Molly wrote me a wonderful letter of encouragement. Whenever I'm discouraged, I listen to my little recording and it reminds me: "Keep going. You can do it." Besides the lovely melody and harmonies that were always special to me before, now there's a whole other level of appreciation. It made me happy to see your post. I do agree with the point that was made about overplaying something until it starts to lose its appeal, but with this particular one, I don't think that will ever happen for me. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) Date: 24 Sep 00 - 11:52 PM Mrs. Zezam, Bodhránai gan ciall is literally a bodhrán player without sense. It used to read (stupidbodhránplayerwhodoesn'tknowanybetter) but somebody decided that it was too long and expressed his opinion in a humorous enough way that I went along with it. Besides I was guest at the time and therefore had to type the whole thing out each time. Either way I'm rightfully taking my place somewhere near the bottom of the musician's totem pole and qualifying my opinion as being from down here. Rich |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Marymac90 Date: 24 Sep 00 - 11:41 PM What a wonderful thread! This has brought back memories of the my contra-dancing days-gone, alas, with the cartilage in my knee! My hands down favorite Waltz is Ashokan Farewell, by Jay Unger and Molly Mason. I've danced to it at their dance and music camp at Ashokan. Other favorite waltzes are Midnight on the Water, Shebeg Shemore, Two Way Waltz, Roseville Fair, and Blue Bonnet Waltz. This thread has also reminded me of some of my favorite musicians, many from my contra dancing days: Bob McQuillen, the late Ralph Page, Pat Rust, Grey Larsen, Greg Brown, amd the late Kate Wolf. Just thought of one nobody's mentioned yet-Turn Around, by the late Malvina Reynolds. And no, it was not written as accompaniment for a Kodak commercial! Mary McCaffrey |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Mbo Date: 24 Sep 00 - 09:03 PM I wrote one for Caitrin, I think I'll send it over to Alan. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Helen Date: 24 Sep 00 - 08:58 PM Finger-typos as well. A-a-a-rghhh!
Jack Lawrence Helen |
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Subject: Lyr Add: PLAY FIDDLE PLAY (Lawrence/Deutsch/Altman From: Helen Date: 24 Sep 00 - 08:32 PM Gypsy, Sorry, brain-typo not finger-typo - It should be Play Fiddle Play, not Play Gypsy Play. Lyrics by Hack Lawrence, music by Emery Deutcsh & Arthur Altman, copyright 1932 (Edward Marks Music Corporation)
Now the Gypsy band,
A lover strums his fiddles,
Chorus
The campfires are gleaming I'll have to do a midi file for it - I can't find one on the net. When I do I'll post it to Alan's Mudcat Midi page. It's not folk - I know that, it's most likely not authentic Gypsy music in any way, shape or form, but I love it. Helen |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Barbara Shaw Date: 24 Sep 00 - 08:09 PM Jeri, your mystery waltz is "Amelia," by Bob McQuillen, although the beginning sounds like the beginning of "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms." You may have combined the two in the beginning, but by the end it's all "Amelia." Both of them are great waltzes. There are so many waltzes that I love, including just about every one in the Waltz Book I and II. I also wrote one called "The Connecticut Waltz" (because we needed one) and it turned out pretty well, I think. In any case, it's stuck in my mind. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) Date: 24 Sep 00 - 05:17 PM I forget what It's called but I like this one that goes ONE-two-three-ONE-two-three :-) |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jon Freeman Date: 24 Sep 00 - 04:05 PM Thanks Jeri, I must admit I had thought it was probably even more recent than that. I'm enjoying these threads (reels, jigs, waltzes) some great tunes coming out of all of them (including Dragonfly, Jeri) and plenty for me to look up too. What's next - a favourite Hornpipe thread? Jon |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jeri Date: 24 Sep 00 - 03:43 PM By the way, Margaret's Waltz is by Pat Shaw, 1959. (In the Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes.) |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Night Owl Date: 24 Sep 00 - 03:14 PM thanks for doing that link wayyy up there Jon ;o) |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: GUEST,Murray Macleod Date: 24 Sep 00 - 03:01 PM I have never heard it played as a dance tune, but Scott Skinner's melody "Hector the Hero" would make a wonderful waltz. Murray |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: GUEST,Kit Date: 24 Sep 00 - 02:30 PM Carol, I'll give Skipjack my e-mail address when I speak to him tomorrow. So that's what grace notes are! Yes, I play those - the most difficult one's that top G you have to hit, but it sounds so sweet when you do that it's worth it. Looking forward to mailing you, Kit |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Wavestar Date: 24 Sep 00 - 12:37 PM Hmmm... I'm very fond of one they do at our local contra dances called "The Wood Duck". I've always been a sucker for "Blue Danube", as well, and oddest of all, I think my most recent favourite tune to waltz to is not a waltz at all - it's Sarah McLachlan's song, "Angel". It makes a lovely, lovely waltz, and it's such a pretty tune. -J |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jeri Date: 24 Sep 00 - 09:42 AM Try Crossing to Ireland. ...and for gratuitous self-promotion, try this: Dragonfly, masterfully sequenced by the one-and-only Barry Taylor. So nobody else knows what the tune I posted above is called, eh? Oh well... |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: GUEST, mrs_zezam Date: 24 Sep 00 - 08:20 AM My g-grandfather was a fiddler. In the olden days on the farm, neighbors often gathered at the house for music. They would move all the furniture so there was room to dance. As Pepere played, Memere would waltz with a glass of water on her head and never spill a drop (a great source of pride to their daughter, my Memere). I don't know the tune, but that is really my favorite waltz. This is a great thread. |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Jon Freeman Date: 24 Sep 00 - 07:31 AM Another 2 I enjoy playing: Valse Clogue and The Man In The Moon. Jon |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: CarolC Date: 24 Sep 00 - 02:02 AM Kit, As soon as I get your e-mail address from Skipjack, I'll send you an e-mail with my address. Grace notes are those tiny little notes that are so short, when played, you can almost not even hear them. The sheet music I have for Kate Martyn's is full of them. I get crosseyed just looking at them. Carol |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Linda Mattson Date: 24 Sep 00 - 01:50 AM Oh boy my favorite tunes! There are so many great ones: Quebecois: Waltz of the Toys (Michel Faubert), Tribute to Alfred Montmarquet and Tribute to Dorothy (Phillipe Bruneau), Winter Waltz (Danielle Martineau), and schmaltzy wonderful Valse a Jessie and Uncle Stewart's Waltz. Then there's Southwind, Keegan's, that good old Swedish waltz from Boda, Flatbush, Pernod, Westphalia, Old Carpenter Waltz (played by Canray Fontenot), Chers Joues Roses ("Dear Rosy Cheeks" played by Dewey Balfa), Old Madera Waltz (Hugh Farr), Roscoe's Waltz (played by Bruce Molsky), and of course Midnight on the Water |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: Barry T Date: 24 Sep 00 - 01:38 AM Re. Rabbitrunning's inquiry...
I believe it's called The Anniversary Waltz. I remember Al Jolson singing that in one of his early 'talking movies'. Oops... 'dating myself! 8-0 |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: rabbitrunning Date: 23 Sep 00 - 11:54 PM On the TV show "Maude" she once sang a snatch of a waltz parody, and I've always wanted to know what the actual song was. What she sang went: Oh, how we danced On the night we were wed We danced and we danced for the room had no bed. but the tune was pretty. Anyone think they recognize it? |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: leprechaun Date: 23 Sep 00 - 11:25 PM (Out in the west texas town of) El Paso |
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Subject: RE: What about your favourite waltz then? From: bbelle Date: 23 Sep 00 - 10:46 PM Tennessee Waltz |
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Subject: Tune Add: MYSTERY WALTZ From: Jeri Date: 23 Sep 00 - 10:27 PM Over on that there "Jig" thread, I mentioned not being able to remember tune names. Well, here's an example. If anyone recognizes it, please share the name with me. (It's a good 'un, and I made sure even the ABCs work.) Thanks! MIDI file: whatsit.mid Timebase: 120 Name: Mystery Waltz This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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