Annotation:Starlight Waltz (1)

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X:1 T:Starlight Waltz [1] N:From the playing of fiddler John Baltzell (1860-1940, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio). Baltzell was a protege N:of Dan Emmett, and one of the most recorded fiddlers of the 1920's. He was a regional fiddle champion and N:competed in Henry Ford's fiddle contests for the right to claim a national championship. M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Waltz N:"+" = spicatto bow D:Edison 52425 (78 RPM), John Baltzell (1929) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/starlight-waltz Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C G,2|C2 D(C/B,/C)|A,2C2F2|E6|TE2G,2C2|D2-DE (3DED|G,2A,2B,2| C2-CD CB,|C2B,2A,2|C2 {D}(3CB,C C2|A,2 C2F2|E6| TE2G,2C2|D2-DE (3DED|G,2A,2B,2|.Cz {D}C4|C2 z2:| |:G2|E4F2|G2 (AdBG)|E2 "+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]| "+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|E4F2|G2 (AdBG)| E2 "+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]"+"[C2E2]|"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]"+"[B,2D2]| "+"[B,2D2] BGBG|"+"[E2c2]"+"[E2c2] "+"[E2c2] | [E4c4]:| g2|Je'4d'2|{c'd'}c'2e2a2|g2 {a}Tg4|B4a2|g2 {a}Tg4|B4a2| g2 {a}Tg4|c4 g2|Je'4d'2|{c'd'}c'2e2a2|g2 {a}Tg4|B6| [B2g2][B2f2][B2g2]|a2g2B2|[E2c2] {d}[Ec]Bcd|[E2c2]z2||

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John Baltzell (1860-1940)

STARLIGHT WALTZ [1]. American, Waltz (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. "Starlight Waltz [1]" was one of 26 sides recorded for Edison Records between 1923 and 1928 by Knox County, Ohio, fiddler John Baltzell (1860-1940). He was born in a log cabin, learned to fiddle as a child and played dances when he was young (and continued to do so when he could when he was older). He worked for the railroad as a boilermaker, for many years. In 1922 he won the Ohio fiddle championship, coming to the attention of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. The former offered him the opportunity to make records, and he participated at Ford dealership-sponsored fiddle contests of the 1920's.

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