Ragtime Waltzes
(featuring Springtime of Love Valse (1919) by James
Scott and other waltzes from the ragtime era)
By
Ted Tjaden
The popularity of the waltz as a ballroom dance
form reached its heyday in Europe during the mid 1800's with
the waltzes of Strauss. This popularity of the waltz no doubt influenced ragtime
composers in North America to dabble in this genre. During the
ragtime era, publishers also likely realized that there was a good
market, mainly among the parlour playing pianists (primarily women),
for relatively easy-to-play compositions that evoked ragtime-era
melodies. For some, the concept of "ragtime waltzes" is a misnomer
and is instead better expressed by the concept of "syncopated
waltzes" or "ragtime-era waltzes" (although for the sake of
simplicity, I will use the phrase "ragtime waltzes"). Not much
attention has been given to waltzes in the ragtime literature, so I
thought I would provide some basic information on ragtime waltzes on
this page below on the following topics, including links to over 260 (free) pieces of ragtime waltz
sheet music:
1) Introduction to Ragtime
Waltzes
2) Sheet Music for Ragtime Waltzes
3)
.MP3 Recordings by me of Selected Ragtime
Waltzes
4) Commercial Recordings of Ragtime
Waltzes
1) Introduction to Ragtime Waltzes [top]
Ragtime piano music ordinarily evokes the idea of rhythmic
music with a syncopated beat and "intoxicating effect". Because most
so-called ragtime "waltzes" lack this driving beat (due to the
structure of the 3/4 waltz time), most ragtime waltzes never gained
the popularity of traditional ragtime marches and two-steps.
Describing ragtime waltzes as a "minor genre",
Hasse (1985:4)
supports this argument in these terms:
. . . [W]altzes are
in 3/4 meter, while most rags are written in 2/4. Because of the
metrical differences, the piano rag's forward propulsion is
noticeably lacking in the waltzes. Consequently, ragtime waltzes
never became widely popular.
Despite the relative lack of general popularity of
ragtime waltzes, a number of ragtime waltzes have become fairly
wide known or at least often mentioned in the ragtime literature and
played and recorded by ragtime performers. Some of the better known
ragtime waltzes include Harry P. Guy's Echoes from
the Snowball Club: Rag Time Waltz (below),
Charles L. Johnson's Belle of
Havana Waltzes (below),
Scott Joplin's ragtime waltzes, including Bethena (below)
and Pleasant Moments (below),
the waltzes of James Scott (below), and Fred S.
Stone's Silks and Rags Waltzes (below).
Many composers of traditional rags also dabbled in
the waltz genre, including Thomas S. Allen (below),
Theron C. Bennett (below), Charlotte Blake (below), Eubie Blake (below), Axel Christensen
(below), Edward B. Claypoole (below), George L. Cobb (below),
Zez Confrey (below), Joseph M. Daly (below),
Charles N. Daniels (below), Willie Eckstein (below),
James Reese Europe (below), James B. Glionna (below), Louise V. Gustin (below),
Harry P. Guy (below), Marcella A. Henry (below),
Charles Hoffman (below), Abe Holzmann (below),
Lora M. Hudson (below), Charles Hunter (below),
Harry Jentes (below), Charles L. Johnson (below), Clarence M. Jones
(below), Scott Joplin (below),
F. Edwin Kendall (below), F. Henri Klickmann
(below), Sadie Koninsky (below),
W.H. Krell (below), Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière (below), Joseph
Lamb (below), J. Bodewalt Lampe (below),
Julius Lenzberg (below), Harry J. Lincoln (below),
Henry Lodge (below), Matilee Loeb-Evans (below), Frank H. Losey (below),
Marie Louka (below), Albert F. Marzian (below), Louis Mentel (below), Will B. Morrison (below), Abe Olman (below),
W.C. Powell (below), James Scott (below),
J.R. Shannon (below), E.J. Stark (below),
Nellie Stokes (below), Fred S. Stone (below),
Charley Straight (below), Blanche M. Tice (below), Egbert Van Alstyne (below), Charles Wellinger (below),
and J.S. Zamecnik (below).
Axel Christensen gives some
attention to ragtime waltzes in his various instruction manuals. At
pages 28 and 29 of Christensen's
Rag-Time Instruction Book For Piano (circa 1909) (available
here), for example, the author
describes how to "rag" a waltz in these terms:
To convert a waltz into waltz ragtime (see
Example II) we follow exactly the same rules as usual, except
that we omit the last two counts of the ragtime movements [Note:
for more on what he means by "ragtime movements", see
here]. This gives us only 6
beats to every movement, instead of eight. Count number 1 should
be accented quite strong, while counts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are played
with the usual firm and uniform touch.
In ragging waltz time, the bass is played just
as written -- that is, three bass notes to each measure on
counts 1, 3, 5. Accent count 1.
Christensen then provides the following score
(Example II) to demonstrate the ragtime waltz pattern:
Of the over 260 waltzes in the table
below from the ragtime era, only a handful are
likely "ragtime waltzes" in the sense defined by Christensen where
there is a syncopated right hand melody using one of the standard
ragtime syncopated patterns. Although I have not analyzed all of the
waltzes in the table below, a number of them likely do contain this
sort of syncopated melody - see, for example:
- Christensen, Axel. Start and Garter
Waltz (1910) (below)
- Gustin, Louise V. Neome Waltzes. Detroit,
MI: Whitney Warner Publishing Co., n.d. (below)
- Guy, Harry P. Echoes from the Snowball Club:
Ragtime Waltz (1898) (below)
- Henry, Marcella A. The Covent Garden: Rag-Time
Waltz. Chicago, IL: Christensen School of Popular Music, 1917
(below)
- Henry, Marcella A. Glittering Stars: Rag-Time
Waltz. 1916 (below)
- Johnson, Charles L. Tobasco: Rag-Time Waltz.
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1909 (below)
- Joplin, Scott. Bethena: A Concert Waltz.
St. Louis, MO: Bahnsen Music Co.
Ltd., 1905 (below)
- Joplin, Scott. Pleasant Moments: Ragtime
Waltz. New York, NY: Seminary Music Co., 1909 (below)
- Meyer, George W. Wiggle-Wag Rag-Time Waltz. New
York, NY: Geo. W. Meyer Music Co., 1913 (below)
- Morrison, Will B. Will O The Wisp: Syncopated
Waltzes. Indianapolis, IN: Warner C. Williams, 1912 (below)
- Russel, James I. River Shannon: Syncopated
Waltz. New York, NY: M. Witmark & Sons, 1922 (below)
- Schuster, Ernest J. Eileen: Waltz. Indianapolis,
IN: Warner C. Williams, 1909 (below)
- Schuster, Ernest J. Floreine Syncopated Waltz.
Indianapolis, IN: Warner C. Williams, 1909 (below)
- Stone, Fred S. Silk and Rags: Waltzes.
Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub. Co., 1901 (below)
- Zamecnik, J.S. Mandy's Ragtime Waltz.
Cleveland, OH: Sam Fox, 1912 (below)
Although some of the waltzes below border on being
cliché Victorian parlour pieces, I have always enjoyed playing and
listening to ragtime waltzes. I find them very evocative of a bygone
era and fun to play.
2) Sheet Music for Ragtime Waltzes [top]
Set out in the table below are links to (free)
sheet covers and sheet music for over 280 ragtime and ragtime-era waltzes. I
have been somewhat arbitrary in the compositions I have included
(there were a lot more waltzes written in the ragtime era than those
listed below). Compositions are included in the list below based on
one or more of the following criteria: (i) they are waltzes by known
ragtime composers or major ragtime publishers; (ii) they are ragtime waltzes or syncopated
waltzes; (iii) or they are from the ragtime era and otherwise
interesting or unusual. I have generally avoided including waltz
songs (i.e., ragtime era waltzes with lyrics). Set out below the table is
a list of additional ragtime waltzes that I have yet been unable to
locate, including some ragtime waltzes from ragtime revival
composers.
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Agrati,
Alberto. The Viceroy Tea Waltz.
Adelaide: Wilkinson & Co., 192-?
[view
sheet music]
Source:
National Library of Australia Digital Collections
[top]
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Aguero, Adelaida. Dreaming
Waltz (Valse Boston). New York, NY: Will
Wood, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Allen, Euphemia (as "Arthur De
Zulli"). Chop Sticks Waltz.
Philadelphia, PA: Morris Music Co.,
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Allen, Thos.
S. Under the Spell: Waltz. Boston, MA:
Walter Jacobs, 1908.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Appler, Mamie R. Aeroplane
Waltz. St. Louis, MO: Alice Martin, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Awai, Keoki E. Kilima
Hawaiian Waltz. San Francisco, CA: Sherman
Clay & Co., 1916.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Baker,
Charlie. Saphhire Waltz. New York, NY:
The Theatrical Music Supply Co., 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Baker, Frank G. Sophomore
Waltzes. Battle Creek, MI: Chas. E. Roat
Music Co., Ltd., 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Baxter, Lionel. Valse
Annette. Cleveland, OH: Sam Fox Music, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Baxter, Lionel. Valse Elaine.
Cleveland, OH: Sam Fox Music, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Baxter, Lionel. Valse June:
Hesitation or Boston. Cleveland, OH: Sam Fox
Music, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Baxter, Lionel.
Valse
Rose. Cleveland, OH: Sam Fox
Music, 1919.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Personal copy [top]
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Beaudry, Wilfrid. Laval: Valse. Québec,
QC: J. Beaudry, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Beaudry, Wilfrid. Valse des Amours. Québec,
QC: J. Beaudry, 1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Toronto Reference Library Microfiche [top]
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Beaudry, Wilfrid. Violettes: Valse. Toronto,
ON: Canadian-American Music Co., 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Bennett, Theron C. Fragrance of
June: Late Hesitation or Boston Waltz
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Digital scan provided by reader [top]
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Bierman, Ida G.
"Visions of Love" Waltz. Chicago, IL: Arnett Delonais
Co., 1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Blake,
Charlotte. Bridal Veil: Waltzes. New
York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Blake, Charlotte. Lily Eyes:
Valse Poetique. New York, NY: Jerome H.
Remick & Co., 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Blake, Charlotte. Love is
King Waltzes. New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick
& Co., 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Blanke,
Henrietta B. The Enchantress: Waltzes.
Detroit, IL: Jerome H. Remick, 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Blanke,
Henrietta B. Hearts Courageous: Waltzes.
Detroit, IL: Whitney-Warner, 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Blanke,
Henrietta B. In the Good Old Irish Way: A Celtic
Waltz Song (words by Will Heelan).
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Blanke-Belcher,
Henrietta B. Marsovia: Waltzes. Detroit,
IL: Jerome H. Remick, 1908.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Blanke-Belcher,
Henrietta B. Maxine: Valse. Detroit, IL:
Jerome H. Remick, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Blanke,
Henrietta B. Under the Rose: Waltzes.
Detroit, IL: Jerome H. Remick, 1903.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Bourchier, John S.T. Vancouver Waltzes. Vancouver, BC: W. Boutt,
1899.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
British Columbia Sheet Music [top]
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Bowers, Robert Hood. "Dolly
Madison" Waltzes. New York, NY: Jerome H.
Remick, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Brainard,
C.S. Starlight Waltz. New York, NY:
Deluxe Music Co., s.d.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Brigham, G.B. Northern
Lights Waltz. Chicago, IL: Victor Kremer
Co., 1903.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Brill, Theodore. In the
Whirl of Society Waltzes. Toronto, ON: H.H.
Sparks, 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Brill, Theodore. Varsity
Waltzes. Toronto, ON: H.H. Sparks, 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Brown, Charles B. Apple
Blossoms Waltz.
Chicago, IL: Will Rossiter, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections
[top]
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Brownold, Fred. Vassar Girl
Waltzes. Chicago, IL: Victor Kremer Co.,
1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Bush, Will E.
Sunshine Waltz. Chicago, IL: Bush and Gerts
Piano Co., 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Personal copy [top]
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Cannon, Pauline. The Ford
Waltz. Sedalia, MO: A.W. Perry's Sons, 1917.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Christensen, Axel.
Star and Garter Ragtime Waltz
.Chicago, IL: Christensen School, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Ragtime Review
(Vol. 3, no. 2, pages 11-14: February 1917)
[top]
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Claypoole,
Edward B. (words by James R. Brewer, Jr.). My
Guiding Star (When in Joy or in Gladness): Waltz
Song. New York, NY: Jos. W. Stern, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Archive of Popular Music [top]
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Cobb, George L.
Blue Sunshine: Waltz. Boston, MA: Walter Jacobs,
1917.
[view sheet music]
[view
extended version from The Tuneful Yankee]
Orchestral music
for this piece is available as follows:
bass,
cello,
viola,
1st
violin,
2nd
violin,
cornets,
drums,
trombone,
saxophone,
horns,
1st clarinet,
2nd clarinet,
oboe/bassoon,
1st
flute,
2nd
flute
Source:
Photocopy from
University of Toronto Music Library.
Also available in The Tuneful Yankee (November 1917) [top]
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Cobb, George L.
Buds and Blossoms: Waltz. Boston, MA: Walter
Jacobs, 1915.
[view sheet music]
Sources:
Cadenza (magazine)
(January 1916); also
British
Library catalog [top]
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Cobb, George L.
Fleur D'Amour: Hesitation Waltz. Boston, MA:
Walter Jacobs, 1914.\
[view
sheet music]
Source: Cadenza (magazine) (June 1914) [top]
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Cobb, George L.
Hawaiian Sunset: Waltzes. Boston, MA:
Walter Jacobs, 1919.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Cobb, George L.
Ladder of Love Waltz. Boston, MA: Walter Jacobs,
1917.
[view sheet music]
Source:
The Tuneful Yankee magazine (July 1917). Also
available in January 1918 Jacobs' Band Monthly
[top]
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Cobb, George L.
Love Lessons Waltz. Boston, MA: Walter Jacobs, 1921.
[view sheet music]
Source:
Melody magazine (May 1921) [top]
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Cobb, George L.
(as "Leo Gordon").
Opals:
Waltz. Boston, MA: Walter Jacobs, 1918.
[view
sheet music]
Source: Melody magazine (December
1918) [top]
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Cobb, George L.
La
Parisia: Hesitation Waltz. Cleveland, OH:
Charles I. Davis, 1914.
[view sheet music]
Source: Personal collection [top]
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Cobb, George L.
White Narcissus: Hesitation Waltz. Battle Creek,
MI: Charles E. Roat, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source: Digital copy
provided by
Frederick Hodges [top]
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Cohen, Frieda Pauline. Lewis
and Clark Exposition Waltz. Chicago, IL:
Victor Kremer, 1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Colorado Digital Sheet Music Collection
[top]
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Colby, Gertrude. Saturn
Waltzes. Erie, PA: C.C. Colby, 1903.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Comfort-Brooks, Anita. Alice,
The Bride of the White House: Waltz. New York,
NY: N. Weinstein, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Coote, Charles. Corn Flower
Waltz. Philidelphia, PA: Eclipse, 190?.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
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Dabney, Ford T. Castle Valse
Classique. New York, NY: Joseph W. Stern,
1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Charles H. Templeton Sheet
Music Collection (MSU) [top]
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Daly, Joseph M.
Bridal Roses: Waltzes. Boston, MA: Daly Music
Publisher, 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Daly, Joseph M. and Mae Davis.
Poinsetta: Waltzes. Boston, MA: Daly Music
Publisher, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Daly, Joseph M. and Mae Davis.
Roses and Violets: Waltzes. Boston, MA: Daly Music
Publisher, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Daly, Joseph M. Scented
Roses Waltz. Boston, MA: Daly Music
Publisher, 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
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Daly, Joseph M. Venetian
Waters: Waltzes. Boston, MA: Daly Music
Publisher, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Daniels, Charles N. (as "Neil
Moret"). Innocence: Valse Lente.
Detroit, MI: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Daniels,
Charles N. (as "Neil Moret") (lyrics by Earle C.
Jones). The Island Of Roses And Love: Waltz
Song.
Detroit, MI: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Daniels,
Charles N. (as "Neil Moret") (lyrics by Harry
Williams). Mello Cello: Waltz Song.
New York, NY: Maurice Richmond, Inc., 1921.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Archive of Popular Music [top]
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Daniels,
Charles N. (as "Neil Moret") (lyrics by James
O'Dea). Niccolini: Waltz Song. New
York, NY: Jerome H. Remick,
1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Archive of Popular Music [top]
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Daniels,
Charles N. (as "Neil Moret") (lyrics by Louis Weslyn).
Some Night: Waltz Song.
San Francisco, CA: Daniels & Wilson
Inc., 1919.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Archive of Popular Music [top]
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Daniels,
Charles N. (lyrics by Gus Kahn). You Tell Me
Your Dream (I'll Tell You Mine): Waltz Song.
San Francisco, CA: Villa Moret, 1928.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Davies, John H.
To My
Lady Love: Waltzes.
Kansas City, MO: J.W.
Jenkins' Sons Music Co., 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
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Dion,
Albert E. Wawkeetah Waltz. Ottawa, ON:
J.L. Orme & Son, 1903
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Dodd,
Arthur. Dream Life Waltzes. Denver,
CO: Tolbert R. Ingram Music Co., 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Colorado Digital Sheet Music Collection
[top]
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Doro, Marie.
Clarice: Waltzes. London, Joseph W. Stern, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Archive of Popular Music [top]
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Doughty, Mabelle
G. The Gem Waltzes. Portland, MA: Forest City Pub.
Co., 1908.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Draper, W.R. Florine Waltz. Toronto, ON: W.R. Draper, 1920.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Toronto Music Library [top]
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Eckstein, Willie.
Valse de Luxe. Montreal, PQ: Delmar Music, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Toronto Music Library [top]
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Europe, James
Reese. Congratulations: Valse. G.
Ricordi & Co. Music Publishers, s.d.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Ford, Abbie A. Blue-Eyed Violets: Waltz.
Chicago, IL: McKinley Music Co., s.d.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Ford, Abbie A. Juno Waltz. Chicago, IL:
Harold Rossiter, s.d.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Ford, Abbie A. Waltz Memories.
Chicago, IL: Ted Browne Music, 1917.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Photocopy from
Toronto
Reference Library [top]
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Frances, Irene. Scarlett
Poppies Waltz. Chicago, IL: American Music
Publishing, 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Friedman, Leo.
Sapho Waltzes. New York, NY: Sol
Bloom, 1890.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Friedman, Leo. Wedding
Blossoms Waltzes. Chicago, IL: McKinley
Music, 1912
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Fry, William H. Montauk
Waltzes. Brooklyn, NY: W.H. Fry, 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Gardener, Cyril J. Mimi
Valse. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1917.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
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Gerard, Adele. Amoroso:
Valse Lente. Melbourne: Allan & Co., 191?.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
National Library of Australia Digital Collections
[top]
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Goetzl, Anselm.
Aphrodite Waltz. New
York, NY: M. Witmark & Sons, 1919.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Digital Archive of Popular American Music [top]
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Greenough, E.M. The Pacific
Electric Trolley Waltz. Los Angeles, CA: Pacific
Electric Ry. Co., 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Colorado Digital Sheet Music Collection
[top]
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Greenwald,
L. Love Dreams (Valse Boston and Hesitation
Waltz). New York: Will Wood, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Personal copy
[top]
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Grimm, C.A. Famabella:
Spanish Waltz. Cleveland, OH: Sam Fox Pub.
Co., 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Gustin, Louise V.
Janice
Meredith Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Whitney
Warner, 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Gustin, Louise V.
Neome Waltzes. Detroit,
MI: Whitney Warner Publishing Co., n.d.
[view
sheet music]
Source: Personal Collection (copy
obtained from Southern Utah University) [top]
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Gustin, Louise V. When
Knighthood was in Flower Waltzes. Detroit,
MI: Whitney Warner Publishing Co., n.d.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Guy, Harry P.
Daughters of
Dahomey: An Oriental Ragtime Waltz. Detroit,
MI: Harry P. Guy, 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Detroit Public Library, E. Azalia Hackley Collection [top]
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Guy, Harry P.
Echoes from
the Snowball Club: Rag Time Waltz. Detroit,
MI: Willard Bryant, 1898.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Detroit Public Library, E. Azalia Hackley Collection [top]
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Handy, W.C.
and Chas. N. Hillman (words by J. Russel Robinson).
Though We're Miles And Miles Apart (Adapated
From The "No Name Waltz"): Waltz Song. New
York, NY: Pace and Handy Music, 1919.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Hall, John T. Golden Sunset
Waltzes. New York, NY: Jerome Remick, 1903.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
|
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Hall, John T. "Murmuring
Waters" Waltzes. New York, NY:
John T. Hall, 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Hall, John T. Sunset in Eden
Waltz. Boston, MA: Walter Jacobs, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Hall, John T. Wedding of the
Winds: Concert Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Jerome
H. Remick, 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Hall, John T. Wilhelmina
Waltzes. New York, NY: John T. Hall Music
Co., 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Charles H. Templeton Sheet
Music Collection (MSU) [top]
|
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Heintz, Fernand. Souvenir de
Normandie: Valse caractéristique. Québec: J.A.
Lefebvre, 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Henry, Marcella A. The Covent Garden: Rag-Time Waltz. Chicago, IL:
Christensen School of Popular Music, 1917
[view sheet music]
Source:
Ragtime Review
(Vol. 3,
no. 10, pages 11-12: October 1917)
[top]
|
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Henry,
Marcella A.
Glittering Stars: Rag-Time Waltz.
Copyright: Marcella A. Henry, 1916.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Ragtime Review (Vol. 2, no. 6,
pages 5-8: May 1916)
[top]
|
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Heryer, Maddalena.
Fraternity Waltzes. Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Music
Pub. Co., 1908.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
|
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Hodgins, William H.
Madeline Waltzes. Toronto, ON: Amey & Hodgins, 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Hodgins, William H. Olive Waltzes. Boston, MA: Evans Music, 1921.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Hodgins, William H. Oriental Waltzes. Toronto, ON: Amey & Hodgins, 1898.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Hodgins, William H. Our Own Waltzes. Toronto, ON: W.H. Hodgins, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Hoffman,
Charles. Ben Hur Waltzes (arranged by
Frank David). New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Von
Tilzer, 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Digital Archive of Popular American Music [top]
|
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Hoffman,
Franz. Rockhaven Waltz. Springfield,
MA: A.H. Goetting, 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Holzmann,
Abe. Calanthe: Waltzes. New York, NY:
Feist & Frankenthaler, 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Holzmann,
Abe. Love-Land Waltzes. New York, NY:
Leo Feist, 1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Horne, Edward C. Okoboji
Waltz (arranged by Alma L. Garber). Des
Moines, IA: Okoboji Music Co., 1921.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
UCLA Digital Archive of Popular American Music [top]
|
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Hudson, Lora M.
Phantom
Waltz: Hesitation. Chicago, IL: F.J.A.
Forster Music Publisher, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Hulme, D'Arcy. Heintzman & Co. Waltz. Toronto, ON: Heintzman & Co., 1899.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Ilgenfritz, McNair. Original
Hesitation Waltz. New York, NY: Edward
Schuberth & Co., 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
Note: McNair Ilgenfritz,
among other things, arranged the
Ra! Ra! Ra! (A Rag) by Floyd Reuter
(Sedalia, MO: Kauffman Music Co., 1910).
|
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Jarvis, Kathleen Kerr. Dream of Rossland: Waltzes. Toronto, ON: A. & S. Nordheimer,
1896.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Jentes, Harry. Rainbow Waltz.
New York: Jack Mills, 1922.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Personal copy
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L.
Belle of
Havana Waltzes. Kansas City, MO: J.W.
Jenkins, 1899.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L.
Cassandra
Waltzes. Chicago, IL: Forster Music Publisher, 1915.
[view sheet music]
Source: Personal copy [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L. Dream
On: Waltzes. Chicago, IL: Forster Music
Publisher, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L. Fairy
Kisses Waltz. Chicago, IL: Harold Rossiter
Music Company, 1908.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L. Heart
Fancies: Waltzes. Cleveland,
OH: Sam Fox Publishing., 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L. Queen of
Fashion Waltzes. Kansas City, MO: Johnson
Pub. Co., 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L. Summer
Breezes Waltzes. Chicago, IL: Forster Music,
1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L.
Tobasco:
Rag-Time Waltz. New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick,
1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Photocopy from
Center for Popular Music [top]
|
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Johnson, Charles L. Wedding
of the Fairies Waltz. Kansas City, MO: Chas.
L. Johnson & Co., 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
|
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Johnson,
Nat. Sun Kissed Roses: Waltzes.
Chicago, IL: Forster Music Pub., 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Jones, Clarence M.
Pauline
Waltz. Chicago, IL: Frank K. Root, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Joplin, Scott.
Augustan Club
Waltzes. St. Louis, MO: John Stark & Son, 1901.
[view sheet music]
|
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Joplin, Scott.
Bethena: A Concert Waltz.
St. Louis, MO: Bahnsen Music Co. Ltd., 1905.
[view sheet music]
|
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Joplin, Scott.
Binks' Waltz.
St. Louis, MO: Bahnsen Music Co. Ltd., 1905.
[view sheet music]
|
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Joplin, Scott. Harmony Club
Waltzes. Temple, TX: Robert Smith, 1896.
[view sheet music]
|
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Joplin, Scott.
Pleasant
Moments: Ragtime Waltz.
New York, NY: Seminary Music Co., 1909.
[view sheet music]
[Listen
to Connorized Roll purportedly played by Scott
Joplin]
|
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Kanoa, Kapule. Luana Waltz. New York, NY: The John Franklin Music Co., 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Kendall, F.
Edwin. Vision of Spain: Waltzes. New
York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Kendis, James. Havana
Waltzes. New York, NY: Maurice Shapiro,
1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Klickmann, F. Henri. The
Dream Waltz (from Tales of Hoffman Baracolle). Chicago, IL: Frank K. Root, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Klickmann, F. Henri. Sweet
Hawaiian Moonlight Valse Pathetique. Chicago, IL: Frank K. Root, 1917.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Kleinbeck, Barbara. Old
Homestead Waltzes. Cincinnati, OH: The Union
Music Co., 1900.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Koninsky, Sadie.
College Days
Waltzes. New York, NY: Koninsky Music Co., 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Koninsky,
Sadie. Heart of the Rose: Waltzes. New
York, NY: Koninsky Music, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Koninsky, Sadie. June Roses: Waltzes. Troy, NY: Koninsky Music Co.,
1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Photocopy from
New York State
Library [top]
|
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Koninsky, Sadie.
In Lovers' Lane Waltzes. Troy, NY: Koninsky Music Co.,
1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Personal copy [top]
|
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Krell, W.H.
Arbutus Waltz. Chicago, IL: The S.
Brainard's Sons Co., 1896.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Krell, W.H. The First Extra
Waltzes. Chicago, IL: The S. Brainard's Sons
Co., 1895.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Lafrenière, Jean-Baptiste.
Jannôt Valse. Montréal, QC: J.E. Belair, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Lafrenière, Jean-Baptiste. Jeannette
Valse. Montréal, QC: J.E. Belair, 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Lafrenière, Jean-Baptiste. National:
Valse Lancier. Montréal, QC: J.B. Lafrenière, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Lafrenière, Jean-Baptiste. Patria
Waltz. Montréal, QC: J.B. Lafrenière, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Lafrenière, Jean-Baptiste. Valse-Miroir. Montréal, QC: Canadian Music Pub., 1907.
[view
sheet music] [note: page 1 of music appears to be missing]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Lamb, Joseph.
Celestine Waltzes. Toronto, ON: H.H. Sparks, 1905.
[view
sheet music]
|
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Lamb, Joseph.
Florentine: Valse. Toronto, ON: H.H. Sparks, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Toronto Reference Library Special Collections
|
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Lampe, J.
Bodewalt. Valse Mauve. New York, NY:
Jerome H. Remick, 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Larmer, Oswald. Carnival Waltz. Montreal, QC:
Delmar Music Co., 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Lavalle, Henry. In the
Grapevine Swing Waltz. Chicago, IL: Frank K.
Root & Co., 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Lawrie, Edith M. and
Nellie E. Lake. Manitoba Nelledi
Waltzes. Toronto, ON: The
Canadian-American Music Co., 1903.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Lenzberg,
Julius. Valse Inspiration. New York,
NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J.
A
Dream of the South: Waltzes. Williamsport,
PA: Vandersloot Music, 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
(from Duke University) [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. Homeland Waltzes. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot Music, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
(from Duke University) [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. The Lost
Phase Waltzes. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot
Music, 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. Nuptial Waltzes. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot Music, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. Orpheus: Waltzes. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot Music, 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. Sereno: Waltzes. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot Music, 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. (as "H.A.
Fischler"). Some Day, Some One Will Whisper "I
Love You": Waltz Song. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot Music, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
(from Duke University) [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. A
Southern Dream Waltz. Williamsport,
PA: Vandersloot Music, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
(from Duke University) [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. Sunbeams and Shadows Waltzes. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot Music, 1911.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
(from Duke University) [top]
|
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Lincoln, Harry J. Sunlight
and Love: Waltzes. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot Music, 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Lodge, Henry.
Eveline (Geraldine's Sister): Valse Hesitation.
Detroit, MI: Jerome H. Remick, 1917.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Lodge, Henry.
Fascination: Hesitation Waltz. Melbourne, Dinsdales, 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
National Library of Australia Digital Collections
[top]
|
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Lodge, Henry. Geraldine:
Valse Hesitation. New York, NY: Jerome H.
Remick, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Loeb-Evans,
Matilee. Fragrant Violets Waltz. Erie,
PA: Brehm Bros, 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Loeb-Evans, Matilee. Yellow
Butterflies Waltz. Philadelphia, PA:
Theodore Presser Co., 1917.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Losey, Frank
Hoyt. Dreams at Sunset: Hesitation Waltz. Williamsport,
PA: Vandersloot Music Pub., 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Losey, Frank Hoyt. Flower
of the Nile Waltzes. Williamsport,
PA: Vandersloot Music Pub., 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Losey, Frank Hoyt. The
Magic Mirror Waltzes. Williamsport,
PA: Vandersloot Music Pub., 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
(from Duke University) [top]
|
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Losey, Frank Hoyt. Sounds of
Love Waltzes. Williamsport,
PA: Vandersloot Music Pub., 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana State University (Kirk Collection) [top]
|
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Loveland, Carl. Garden of
Beauty Waltzes. Williamsport, PA:
Vandersloot Music Pub. Co., 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Loveland, Carl. Hearts of
Promises Waltzes. Williamsport, PA:
Vandersloot Music Pub. Co., 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Loveland, Carl. The Red
Ribbon Waltzes. Williamsport, PA:
Vandersloot Music Pub. Co., 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Loveland, Carl.
Vacation Waltzes. Williamsport, PA:
Vandersloot Music Pub. Co., 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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MacClure, Noble. Valse a la Mode. New York, NY: Witmark & Sons, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
(from Duke University) [top]
|
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Marks, Lottie. Argonaut
Waltzes. Toronto, ON: H.H. Sparks, 1899.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Marple, Herbert B. Roses at
Twilight: Original Jazz Waltz.
San Francisco, CA: Sherman Clay & Co.,
1918.
[view sheet music]
Source: Personal copy
obtained from
Ebay [top]
|
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Marzian, Albert F. Felicity: Hesitation Waltz. New Albany, IN: A.F. Marzian, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana Historical Society - Digital Images
Collection [top]
|
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Mathews, Bertha Daisy Waltz. St. Louis, MO: Stark
Music Co., 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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McClure, Mrs. W.M. Waltz of the Brownies.
Kansas City, MO: J.W. Jenkins Sons Music Co., 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
|
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McDonald, M.E. Dream Waltz. Montreal, QC:
Delmar Music, 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Toronto Music Library [top]
|
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McDonald, Myrtle E. Habitant
Waltz. Montreal, QC: Delmar Music, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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McKanlass, W.R.
Evening Glow
Waltzes. Port Huron, MI: McKanlass and
Marone Music Publishers, 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Photocopy from
Toronto Reference Library [top]
|
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McKee, Frank W. Cecile Waltz. New York, NY: G. Ricordi & Co., 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Charles H. Templeton Sheet
Music Collection (MSU) [top]
|
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McKee, Frank W. Perdita Waltz. New York, NY: G. Ricordi & Co., 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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McKinley, Mabel. Arcadia: Waltz
in Victor Dance Folio No. 2.
New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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McPherran, Florence. Nedra:
Waltzes. Chicago, IL: Sterling Music Co., 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Metzler,
Bertha. Lady Elizabeth: Waltz. New
York, NY: Leo Feist, 1901.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Meyer, George W.
Wiggle-Wag Rag-Time Waltz. New York,
NY: Geo. W. Meyer Music Co., 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Charles H. Templeton Sheet
Music Collection (MSU) [top]
|
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Morrison, Will B.
Will O The Wisp:
Syncopated Waltzes. Indianopolis, IN: Warner C. Williams, 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Charles H. Templeton Sheet
Music Collection (MSU) [top]
|
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Myers, William
H. The Violet Waltzes. [s.l.]: William
H. Myers, 1899.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Nathan, Joseph F. Senora Waltzes. New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1908.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music website [top]
|
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Nickson,
Hubert. Carita Waltz. Montreal, QC:
Delmar Music, 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Photocopy from
University of Toronto Music Library
[top]
|
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Nugent, Maude. Sweet Rosie
O'Grady: Waltz Song and Chorus. New York, NY:
Jos. W. Stern, 1896.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
|
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Olman, Abe.
Blue Bird Waltz. Philadelphia, PA: Jos. Morris Co., 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Olman, Abe. Lucille Love Waltzes.
Chicago, IL: La Salle Music Pub. Co., 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Olman, Abe. The Red Circle: Waltz. Philadelphia, PA: Jos. Morris Co., 1916.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Owen, Anita.
Daises Will Tell You So: Waltz Song.
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Owen, Anita.
Daisies Won't Tell: Waltz Song.
New
York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1908.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
|
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Owen, Anita.
Only One Daisy Left: Waltz Song and Refrain (lyrics by
Harry Freeman). Detroit, MI: Jerome H. Remick,
1898.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Owen, Anita.
Sans Toi (Without You) Waltzes. New York, NY: Jerome H.
Remick, 1917.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Owen, Anita.
Sweet Bunch of Daisies: Waltz Song and Refrain. Chicago,
IL: Wabash Music Company, 1894.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Owen, Lewis.
Gentle Winds
Waltz. Toronto, ON: Whaley Royce, 1898.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
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Owen, Lewis. Remembrance
Waltzes. Toronto, ON: A.H. Goetting, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
|
 |
Phillips, A. Fred. Lily of
the Nile: Waltzes. New York, NY: Jerome H.
Remick, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Poll-Goldenberg Frank. Olivette Waltz. Cincinnati, OH:
John Arnold & Co., 1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [top]
|
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Powell, W.C.
Dream
Waltz. New York: Church, Paxson &
Co., 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Powell, W.C. Hesitation Con Amore: Valse. New York,
NY: Church, Paxson & Co., 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
|
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Powell, W.C. Honeymoon Waltz. Chicago, IL: Levan
Music Co., 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
|
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Powell, W.C. Rose Waltz.
New York, NY: Church, Paxson & Co., 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Racine, Betty. Humoreske
Waltz. Chicago, IL: Frank K. Root, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Richmond, Benjamin. "At
Sunset" Waltzes. Boston, MA: C. F. W.
Schlimper, 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Roat, Charles E. Avalon
Waltzes. Battle Creek, MI: Chas. E. Roat
Music Co., 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Colorado Digital Sheet Music Collection
[top]
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Roat, Charles E. Melvina
Waltzes. Battle Creek, MI: Chas. E. Roat
Music Co., 1907.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Robertson, Francis H. Dreams of College Waltz. Chicago:
College Music Publishing Co., 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Alhambra Syncopated Waltzes. J. Russel Robinson.
Indianapolis, IN: I. Seidel Music Pub. Co., 1913.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Personal copy [top]
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Rolfe, Walter.
Twilight
Hours Waltz.
Kansas City, MO: J.W. Jenkins'
Sons Music Co., 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
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Rosey, Joe. Waltzing the
Scales. New York, NY: Waterson-Berlin &
Snyder Co., s.d.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Russel, James I.
River
Shannon: Syncopated Waltz. New York, NY: M.
Witmark & Sons, 1922.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Ryder, Fred L.
Scottish Belles Waltzes. Chicago, IL:
McKinley Music Co., 1905.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Schuster, Ernest J.
Eileen: Waltz. Indianapolis, IN: Warner C. Williams,
1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Schuster, Ernest J.
Floreine Syncopated Waltz. Indianapolis, IN: Warner C. Williams,
1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Scott,
James. Valse Venice. St. Louis, MO: Stark
Music Co., 1909.[view sheet music]
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Scott, James.
Hearts Longing: Waltzes. St.
Louis, MO: Stark Music Company, 1910.
[view sheet music]
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Scott, James.
The Suffragette Waltz. St.
Louis, MO: Stark Music Company, 1914.
[view sheet music]
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Scott, James.
Springtime Of Love. Kansas City,
MO: Will L. Livernash Music Co., 1918.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri Digital Library [top]
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Smith, Lee Orlean. Kathlyn:
Valse. New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1914.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Smith, Lee Orlean. Valse
Celestia. New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Stone, Fred S.
La Albacete:
Spanish Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Detroit Music Co.,
1896.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Detroit Public Library, E. Azalia Hackley Collection [top]
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Stone, Fred S. A Lady of
Quality: Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner
Pub. Co., 1898.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Detroit Public Library, E. Azalia Hackley Collection [top]
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Stone, Fred S.
Silk and Rags: Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Whitney
Warner Pub. Co., 1901.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Detroit Public Library, E. Azalia Hackley Collection [top]
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Straight,
Charley. Red Rose Waltz. Chicago, IL:
Ted Browne Music Co., 1918.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Digital scan provided by reader [top]
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Tice, Blanche
M. Valse Angeline.
Sioux City, IA: Blanche M. Tice, 1918.
[view
sheet music] (also available here in Women Composers of Ragtime)
Source:
Personal copy [top]
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Tice, Blanche
M. Waltzes Beautiful.
Sioux City, IA: Blanche M. Tice, 1918.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Tietjens,
Paul. Waltzes From "The Wizard Of Oz".
New York, NY: M. Witmarks & Sons, 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Van Alstyne, Egbert.
Beautiful Lady Valse. New York, NY: Jerome
H. Remick, 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Van Alstyne,
Egbert. Old Kentucky Moonlight Waltz.
New York, NY: Van Alstyne & Curtis, 1921.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of South Carolina Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Van Alstyne,
Egbert. Patocka Waltzes. Omaha, NB:
A Hospe, 1901.
[view
sheet music]
Source: Personal copy [top]
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Van Alstyne, Egbert. Ramona:
Indian Maiden Waltzes. New York, NY: Frank
K. Root & Co., 1904.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Vanderbeck, F.E. Edelweiss Glide Waltz. Chicago:
McKinley Music Co., 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Vandersloot, Carl E. The
Mid-Summer Waltzes. New York, NY:
Vandersloot Music, 1901.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
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Vandersloot, Frederick W. Dreamy Hawaii Waltz. Williamsport, PA: Vandersloot
Music, 1921.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Walsh, Mary E.
Black Hawk Waltzes. Philadelphia, PA: Eclipse
Publishing Co., 190-.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
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Ware,
Lottie Burke. The Wilbur Waltzes.
Montreal, QC: W.H. Scroggie, 1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Watson,
J.J. Frolic of the Frogs Waltz.
New York, NY: De Luxe
Music Co., 190-.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke
University) [top]
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Weekes, Ralph. Apple
Blossoms: Valse. Sydney: M.S. Clarkson Music
Seller, 1909.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
National Library of Australia Digital Collections
[top]
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Wellinger, Charles.
Rosebud Waltz. Hamilton, ON: C. Wellinger, 1920.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Toronto Reference Library Microfiche [top]
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Wellinger, Charles. Waltz Me Kid. Ottawa, ON: C.W. Vinson, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Wellinger, Charles. When You Dream,
Dream, Dream: Waltz Song Hit. Toronto, ON: H.H. Sparks,
1906.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Library and Archives Canada [top]
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Wells, Wesley W.
Hermosa: Valse.
Kansas City, MO: J.W.
Jenkins' Sons Music Co., 1902.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
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West, Billy. King-Bee: Waltzes.
New York, NY: Ed. Rosenbaum, Jr., 1918.
[view sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Wheeler, C.E.
Arbor of
Dreams Waltzes.
Kansas City, MO: J.W. Jenkins'
Sons Music Co., 1912.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
University of Missouri - Kansas City Sheet Music
Collection [top]
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Wheeler, Harry O. Rose of
Kansas City Waltz. Kansas City, MO:
Convention Hall Building Co., 1901.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Kansas City Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Whitney,
Howard. Sweetheart's Time Waltz.
Detroit, IL: Whitney Warner Publishing Co., 1903.
[view
sheet music]
Source: Personal copy obtained
from
Ebay [top]
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Wilkins, Verna. La Pauza:
Hesitation Waltz.
Verna Wilkens. New York, NY: F.B. Haviland Pub. Co.
Inc., 1914.
[view sheet music]
Source: Personal copy obtained
from
Ebay [top]
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Williams, Mamie E.
Jessica: Hesitation Waltzes. Kansas City, MO: J.W. Jenkins'
Sons Music Co., 1915.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Kansas City Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Williams, Mamie
E.
Phantom Isles: Waltzes. Kansas
City, MO: J.W. Jenkins Kansas City, 1910.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Kansas City Sheet Music Collection [top]
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Williams,
Warner C. Home Sweet Home Syncopated Waltzes.
Indianapolis, IN: Warner C. Williams, 1912.
[view
sheet
music]
Source:
Personal copy [top]
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Wilson,
Edythe. Fortune Teller Waltz. New
York, NY: American Melody Co., 1903.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Photocopy from
University of Toronto Music Library (July 25,
1906 Montreal Weekly Herald)
[top]
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Winchell, Grace Ida. Cupid's
Frolic Waltzes. Denver, CO: Tolbert R.
Ingram Music Co., 1907.
[view
sheet
music]
Source:
University of Colorado Digital Sheet Music Collection
[top]
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Witmark,
Frank M. Zenda Waltzes. New York, NY:
M. Witmark & Sons, 1895.
[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Wood, Carl Paige. Idle Hours
Waltz. Boston, MA: Walter Jacobs, 1905.
[view
sheet
music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Wood, Will (arranger). Music by
Queen Liluokalani. Aloha Oe Waltzes.
New York, NY: Will Wood, 1917.
[view
sheet
music]
Source:
Indiana University Sheet Music Collections [top]
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Zamecnik, J.S.
The Last Farewell: Waltz. Cleveland, OH: Sam
Fox, 1916.[view
sheet music]
Source:
Maine Music
Box [top]
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Zamecnik, J.S. Mandy's
Ragtime Waltz. Cleveland, OH: Sam
Fox, 1912.[view
sheet music]
Source:
Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music website [top]
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The following compositions are identified in the
literature as ragtime or ragtime-era waltzes but I have been unable
to obtain copies of them. Some of the pieces are still protected by
copyright. If I am able to obtain copies of any of the following
pieces that are in the public domain, I will digitize them and add
them to the table above.
- Ashwander, Donald. Astor Place Rag Waltz
- My Lady Laughter
Waltzes (1905)
- Love-Tree Waltzes. New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick
& Co., 1908.
- Blake, Eubie. Eubie Blake
Original Classic Waltzes for the Piano. New
York, NY: Edward B. Marks, 1972. Contains: Valse
Marion, Valse Eileen, Valse Amelia, Valse Erda,
Valse Delma, Valse Eth-el,
Valse Vera, and Lady Beautiful.
- Burke, Andy L. Black Eyes Waltz
(mentioned in
Zig Zag Rag by same composer).
- Busch, Louis Ferdinand. Waltz
in Ragtime. New York, NY: Chatsworth Music Inc.,
1952.
- White Narcissus:
Hesitation Waltz. Battle Creek, MI: Charles E. Roat,
1915.
- (as "Leo Gordon"). You
and You Waltz (with Thomas S. Allen). Boston, MA:
Walter Jacobs, 1917.
- Cohen, Joseph F. Love Dreams:
Syncopated Waltz. Indianapolis, IN: Warner C.
Williams, 1915.
- Sparkling Waters: Valse Brilliants
(1928)
- Glionna, James B.
Everett Waltz . Toronto, ON: Whaley & Royce, 1899.
- Gordon, Maxwell. Day Dreams:
Syncopated Waltz. St. Louis, MO: Buck & Lowney,
1912.
- Maids of Paradise: Waltzes
(Whaley & Royce) (British Library)
- Waltz With Me Waltzes. New
York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1915 (British Library)
- Hunter, Charles. Seraphine Waltzes (Stark, 1905).
-
Sweet
Memories Waltz (1918)
-
Thelma
Waltz (mentioned on cover of Scandalous Thompson)
J.W. Jenkins, 1899?
- Johnson, James P. Eccentricity.
- Kirwin, (Maurice?). Aching Hearts Waltz
(mentioned in Stark ad, Jasen and Tichenor (1989: 172).
- Dream Waltz. Chicago, IL:
Frank K. Root, 1914.
- Garden of Allah Waltzes.
Chicago, IL: Harold Rossiter Music, 1912.
- Hesitation Waltz. Chicago,
IL: Frank K. Root, 1913.
- True Love:
Syncopated Waltz. Chicago, IL: Frank K. Root,
1913.
-
Belles of Andalusia: Valse Espagnole. New
York, NY: M. Witmark and Sons, 1894.
-
In A Japanese Tea House: Japanese Waltzes.
Edw.
M. Koninsky & Bros., 1901.
-
Where Love Is King: Waltzes.
New York, NY: Howley, Haviland & Co., 1898.
- LaFrenière, Jéan-Baptiste:
- Margo: Valse Brillante
(1900)
- Valse-Lanciers (Sur des airs D'opera)
(1905)
- 1909 Waltz-Lancers (1909)
- La Chanson de la Grive: Chanson-Valse
(1911)
- Fleurs de Neige: Valse
(1912)
- The Bohemian Lager Waltz
(1919)
- Lodge, Henry. Boston Waltz (1914)
- Louka, Marie. Dancing Dolls: Waltz
- Marzian, Albert F. Youth and Beauty
Waltz (advertised on back of Lion Tamer Rag)
- Mentel, Louis. Mentel's Hesitation Waltz (1914)
- Dance of the Sun Rays: Valse
Impromptu. Indianapolis, IN: W.B. Morrison, 1909.
- Melody in F (Syncopated
Waltzes). Indianapolis, IN: Warner C.
Williams, 1913.
- Shannon, James Royce (J.R.).
Moon Dreams Waltz. F.J.A. Forster, 1915.
- Elaine: Syncopated Waltz. New York, NY: Jos. W. Stern, 1913.
- Twilight: A Reverie (Waltz).
St. Louis, MO: Stark Music Co., 1907.
- Just A Moment: Valse Hesitation.
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1914.
- Associated Waltzes
(pre-1901)
- L.A.W. Waltzes
(pre-1901)
- Never Forgotten: Waltzes. Toronto,
ON: Harry H. Sparks, 1910.
- Sweetheart Waltz. Boston,
MA: International Music,
1911 (page 1 of this piece is available
here
from an advertisement).
- (with E.B. Eddy ) Caressante: Waltzes. Ottawa,
ON: The Northern Music Co., 1912.
- Night of the Ball: Waltz. Hamilton, ON: C. Wellinger, 1913.
- Williams, Warner C. Il
Trovatore: Syncopated Waltz. Indianapolis, IN:
Warner C. Williams, 1912.
- York. Bertram Waltzes (mentioned in Stark ad, Jasen and Tichenor (1989: 172).
3) .MP3 Recordings by me of Selected
Ragtime Waltzes [top]
I hope to add shortly links below to free .MP3 recordings of
my playing selected ragtime waltzes on the piano, featuring Springtime of Love by James Scott. In the feature, I hope to
also be able to add more recordings of ragtime waltzes.
4) Commercial Recordings of Ragtime Waltzes [top]
To my knowledge, there is no commercially
available recordings that contain only ragtime waltzes. As such,
those wanting to listen to ragtime waltzes must look for ragtime
recordings with individual ragtime waltzes included on them or seek
out the following "complete works" of each of Scott Joplin,
James Scott and Joseph Lamb:
- John Arpin, Complete Piano Works of
Scott Joplin (InterSound Records, 1997) [Amazon.ca
entry]
- Richard Zimmerman, Complete Works of
Scott Joplin (Delta, 1993) [Amazon.com
entry]
- Guido Nielsen, Scott Joplin: The
Complete Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Songs (Basta Records,
2004) [Amazon.com
entry]
- Guido Nielsen, James Scott: The
Complete Works (1903-1922) (Basta Records, 2001) [Amazon.com
entry]
- Guido Nielson, Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb
(Basta Records) [amazon
entry]
In addition, a number of ragtime enthusiasts have
made free MIDI recordings of ragtime music available, including MIDI
recordings of ragtime waltzes, some of which include:
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