Annotation:Paris Waltz
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PARIS WALTZ. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Waltz. USA, Tenn. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Arthur Smith [1] (1898-1971), named for the Henry County, Tennessee, seat, Paris, near where Smith was born and raised. The county is named from American revolutionary-era hero Patrick Henry of Virginia, while the town was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette.
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Smith recorded the waltz for Bluebird Records in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1938, backed by the Delmore Brothers, Alton and Rabon, who both played guitar.
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Source for notated version: Howard Forrester and Dwight Lubiniecki [Phillips]; Floyd Engstrom [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 292. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 35.
Recorded sources: Bluebird BB B-8158 (78 RPM), Arthur Smith (1938). County LP-784, Kenny Baker & Howdy Forrester - "Red Apple Rag" (1983). County Records CO-3526-CD, "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners." Starday SLP 202, "Rare Old Fiddle Tunes - Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and the Dixieliners" (1963). Voyager Records VRCD 361, Floyd Engstrom - "Kitsap County Fiddler" (2003).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Arthur Smith's 1938 recording on youtube.com [3]