Annotation:Frisco Waltz

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 FRISCO WALTZ. Canadian, Waltz. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed in 1956 by Ontario fiddler Ward Allen. Allen won contest after contest in the 1950's in Canada and had a successful career playing over the radio.  Source for notated version: Rudy Meeks (Canada) [Hinds].  Printed sources: Hinds/Hebert (The Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; p. 31. Ward Allen's Fiddle Tunes, 1956.  Recorded sources: First Century S29397, Rudy Meeks - "Heritage Fiddle." Great Meadow Music GMM 2002, Rodney Miller & David Surette - "New Leaf" (2000). GRT Records 9230-1031, "The Best of Ward Allen" (1973). Sparton Records SP 210, "Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown, vol. 2.  See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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