Annotation:Shrewsbury Waltz

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SHREWSBURY WALTZ. English, Waltz (3/4 time). England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Shrewsbury, England, has been in existence since the 5th century when the former Celtic inhabitants of the Roman town of Wroxeter moved to a more easily defensible place. It was the capital of the Welsh kingdomSA of South Powys but was conquered by the Mercians in the 8th century, but it remained a border town for centuries. It was at Shrewsbury where Henry IV defeated the rebellious Percys of Northumberland in 1403.

Shropshire poet and musician John Moore's "Shrewsbury Waltz" predates the "Shrewsbury Waltz" composed in 1890 by Carroll F. Mulkey.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].

Printed sources : - Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 105a, p. 42.

Recorded sources: -



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