Annotation:Ramona Waltz

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RAMONA WALTZ. AKA - "Raemona Waltz." Canadian, Waltz (3/4 time). Canada, Ontario. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The waltz was composed by fiddler and composer Brian Herbert of Pembroke, Ontario, for his wife, Raemona. There are a few other 'Ramona Waltes'. One popular Latin-tinged one, "Ramona: Waltz Song," was composed by Mabel Wayne (1904-1978) to a lyric by L. Wolfe Gilbert (1886-1970), and published in 1927. It was written for the 1928 photoplay, with Delores Del Rio cast in the role of Ramona.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 298.

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Hear the waltz played by Patti Kusturok on youtube.com [1]