OLD TIME WALTZ MEDLEYS

The well-known popular waltzes from the early years of the 20th century had timeless melodies. In my piano album from 15 years ago, It’s Three-Quarters-Time – a Cornucopia of Popular American Waltzes, the third disc contained condensed versions of 82 of them, formed into medleys of two to four tunes bearing some logical common theme. For this blog entry, I’ve selected 11 of these medleys, accounting for 33 of the tunes.

             Here’s the line-up of the medleys and tunes:

 1.     Songs celebrating New York City:

The Sidewalks of New York, The Bowery, In Old New York

 2.     Moving West

Meet Me in St. Louis, Missouri Waltz

 3.     On to other lands

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Cielito Lindo, That’s an Irish Lullaby, Vienna My City of Dreams

 4.     Circling the globe

It’s a Big Wide Wonderful World, Far Away Places, Around the World

 5.     Modes of Transportation

Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two), In My Merry Oldsmobile, Come Josephine in my Flying Machine

 6.     Seasonal Sequence

School Days, In the Good Old Summertime, Take Me Out to the Ballgame

 7.     Evening Activities

The Band Played On, It’s Three O’clock in the Morning, After the Ball

 8.     Featuring the Ladies

Little Annie Rooney, Alice Blue Gown, My Gal Sal, Diane

 9.     Trapeze, Cage, Bubbles, whatever . . . .

The Man on the Flying Trapeze, A Bird in a Gilded Cage, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

 10.  World War I

If You Were the Only Girl in the World, Roses of Picardy, My Buddy

 11.  World War II

Now is the Hour, Till We Meet Again.

            You can access this 28-minute collage by clicking on the play button below. Hope you enjoy it.