Black Hills Waltz (The)

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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). __NORICHEDITOR__