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ROXANNA WALTZ. AKA - "Roxanna's Waltz." Bluegrass, Waltz (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Brody): AA'BA (Phillips). Composed by Kentucky bluegrass mandolinist Bill Monroe, the 'Father of Bluegrass', popularized by Kenny Baker (Monroe’s fiddler for many years). Ozarks fiddler Cotton Combs' "Razorback Waltz" is similar.
Source for notated version: - Kenny Baker [Brody]; Monte Gaylord [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 237. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 303.
Recorded sources: - County 736, Kenny Baker - "Kenny Baker Country" (197?). County 2705, Kenny Baker - "Master Fiddler" (1993). Field Recorders' Collective, FRC 206, "Simon St. Pierre" (2015). Flying Fish FF-247, "Fiddle Fever" (1981). Flying Fish FF70303, "The Best of Fiddle Fever" (1990). Rounder 0046, Mark O'Conner - "National Junior Fiddle Champion."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Kenny Baker's recording at Slippery Hill []
Hear Simon St. Pierre's recording at Field Recorders' Collective [2]