Contents:
Varsouvian --
Polka by Mr. Selkirk = Sontag polka --
Schottish from G. Strongberg, Camp Washington Idaho Warrens Diggins --
Polka mazourka --
Schottish --
Waltz N.. 1 by Haug of Murphey's Camp California --
Dixie sett no. III --
Sett N....
Contains a collection of dance tunes from Warren’s Diggins, Idaho in the 1860’s. Peter Beemer, a musician with a small dance orchestra, wrote down and arranged the songs which were collected from various residents of the area. Includes...
A 1:53 minute waltz written by Viennese composer Joseph Lanner, popular in the United States during the 1850s. This waltz features Vivian Williams on the fiddle and Phil Williams on the guitar, as performed in 2011.
A 1:28 minute mazourka, which is a couple dance of Polish origin, characterized by stamping feet, clicking heels, and improvised steps. It became a popular ballroom dance in America in the mid-19th century. This tune may have come from Warrens...
A 1:17 minute quadrille sett, was originally published by Henry Kleber's "The Engagement Quadrille" in 1851 in the key of C. This song features Vivian Williams on the violin and Phil Williams on the guitar, as performed in 2011.
A 1:15 minute quadrille sett, which is a series of square dances called "figures" or "changes" done one after another with only a brief pause in between, by the same groups of dancers with the same partners, and with a different for each change....
