Annotation:Moselle (1)
X:1 T:Moselle [1] S:Judge Sturdy's Orchestra M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Victor 20530 (78 RPM), Judge Sturdy's Orchestra (1926) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/moselle Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G d2B2{c}B2A2|dBGE D2d2|AcAF D2c2|BdBG D2g2| d2B2{c}B2AG|dBGE D2d2|cAFD dBAF|G4G4:| K:D f2ef g2 fg|afaf d2a2|egec A2g2|egfe A4| f2 ef g2fg|afaf d2a2|gecA gecA|d4d4:|]
MOSELLE [1]. American, Quadrille (cut time) or Reel. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). The tune was recorded in December, 1925, at the Victor field studio in St. Louis, from the playing of Judge Sturdy's Orchestra, an old-time band who only recorded four sides. Judge John O. Strudy was born in 1858, lived in the Valley Park area, and fiddled and called figures. His band included a bowed cello, a 2nd fiddle and a Hawaiian guitar. "Moselle" is a quadrille-sytle breakdown (i.e. each strain is in a different key) with square dance calls. See also "Hiram's Valley."
Wikipedia gives: "Moselle is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, United States, and is largely abandoned. It is located about five miles northeast of St. Clair. The community was incorporated as a town in 1897 (having since being disincorporated) and is named after the Moselle River or Moselle département in France...The town had a depot of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, and was a shipping point for the Moselle Iron Works, located about a mile southeast, on the banks of the Meramec River. The Moselle Iron Furnace Stack, active 1825-1849, is on the National Register of Historic Places."
