Annotation:Cabri Waltz

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 CABRI WALTZ. Canadian, American; Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Matthiesen): AA'BB' (Brody). The tune is sourced to North Dakota fiddler Joe Pancerzewski (1905-1991), who said he heard it when he was eight years old (c. 1913). It was named after a small town in Saskatchewan, and was brought to Pacerzewski's region from Canada by Bill Smith. The waltz was popular at New England and Northern contra dances for many years, popularized by the Albany, N.Y., based band Fennig's All Stars.  Source for notated version: Fennig's All Stars (N.Y. State) [Brody].  Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 60. Matthiesen (Waltz Book I), 1992; p. 19.  Recorded sources: Front Hall 01, Bill Spence - "The Hammered Dulcimer." Vermont Performing Arts League - "A Vermont Sampler." Voyager 306-S, Joe Pancerzewski- "The Fiddling Engineer."

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