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VALSE DE NEWPORT (Newport Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB(Vocal)AABB(Vocal)AABB. Composed by fiddle player Dewey Balfa ( 1927-1992) in honor of the famous jazz festival held at Newport, Rhode Island. In 1965, with his brothers Will, Rodney, and Harry on fiddles, guitars, and triangle and Hadley Fonetnot on accordion, Dewey Balfa formed the Balfa Brothers Band. The group played the 1967 Newport Folk Festival, introducing Cajun music to folk song "revivalists" of the era.

Source for notated version: Dewey Balfa (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 428-429.

Recorded sources: Swallow Records SW-LP6011, the Balfa Brothers.