Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on February 12th 2007 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Warksburn, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
D2|:G2 B2 e2|d2 B2 G2|c4 E2|E4 G2|
F2 G2 A2|E2 F2 D2|G4 B2|D4 D2|
G2 B2 e2|d2 B2 G2|c4 E2|E4 G2|
F2 G2 A2|E2 F2 D2|G6 |1 G4 D2:|2 G4 Bc||
|:d4 B2|g4 B2|d2 c2 B2|A4 B2|
c4 A2|f4 e2|e2 d2 c2|B4 c2|
d4 B2|g4 B2|d2 c2 B2|A4 d2|
f2 e2 d2|c2 B2 A2|G6 |1G4 B2:|2 G4||
The Warksburn Waltz
A waltz written perhaps by the Northumbrian fiddler and composer Robert Whinham, who lived through most of the c19.
Warksburn is or was a parish; it is now embedded in the vast expanse of Kielder Forest. It is also the name of a stream.
# Posted on February 12th 2007 by nicholas
Is this the only waltz attributed to Whinham? I have never heard of any others.
# Posted on February 13th 2007 by geoffwright
The Northumbrian Pipers' Second Tune Book says, "attributed to Whinham" - that's all I'm going on. I can't get to the most promising -looking website that mentions him. I gather there's now a book of his tunes ("Remember Me") out now, but haven't got it.
# Posted on February 13th 2007 by nicholas
"Remember Me: The Fiddle Music of Robert Whinham"
Compiled and edited by Graham Dixon
Wallace Music, 1995
ISBN: 0-9511572-1-3
"Tunes with uncertain attribution to Robery Whinham":
Page69: "Warksburn Waltz", source George Heppie
"This was the first tune George Heppie heard on the fiddle when he was a small boy. It was played by Christopher Lieddel whose manuscript is an important source of Whinham's tunes, and attributed to Whinham by him. ~ 'The Warksburn Waltz' was always played for a 'Spanish Waltz'. The Warksburn flows from the Wark Forest and joins the River North Tyne to the south of the village of Wark." ~ Graham Dixon
# Posted on February 13th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Warksburn Waltz" ~ Robert Whinham
Except for the one first ending ~ [1 G4 B2 :| ~ this is note for note as it appears in the book...
# Posted on February 13th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Cambo March" ~ by Robert Whinham
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on November 19th 2006 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6389
# Posted on February 13th 2007 by ceolachan