Annotation:Esmeralda
X:1 T:Esmeralda C: N:From the J.E. Sedlak manuscript, Portland, Oregon 1863 Z:V.T. Williams M:6/8 K:D Adf|a2^gb2a|afd Adf|e^de b2a|f2d Adf|a2^gb2a| afd Adf|e^de b2a|"Fine"d3:||:c2d|e2af2a|e2ac'3| b^abf2^g|a2fe2c/d/|e2af2a|e2ac'3|b^abf2^g|"D.C."a3:|
ESMERALDA. USA (Western/Pacific). 6/8 time. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBA. The Esmeralda was a ballroom dance popular in America in the second half of the 19th century. It was a combination of steps from the polka and the galop. Many different tunes were used for this dance; most were in 2/4 but a few were in 6/8.
This tune comes from a music manuscript created by Joseph E. Sedlak, originally from Bohemia, who was a musician, music instructor, and dance band leader in Portland, Oregon in the 1860's and 1870's.
