Catskill Mountain Waltz: A Song History

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“The Catskill Mountain Waltz” is credited to Jay Ungar in the mountain dulcimer edition sold through his and Molly Mason’s own online store.[1] It belongs to Ungar and Mason’s book Catskill Mountain Waltzes and Airs, which gathers tunes they wrote over several decades, from pieces they had already performed or recorded to others never before published.[2] Retailers list the book as a Swinging Door Music publication containing 62 tunes.[3][4] The dulcimer edition offers 22 of those tunes in tablature, this one in DAD tuning.[1]

Painting of a sunlit mountain gorge in autumn colors

Sanford Robinson Gifford, A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove), oil on canvas, 1862. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0). A Catskills landscape, shown for the tune’s title; it has no connection to the tune.

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Sources

  1. Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (official store): "Catskill Mountain Waltzes & Airs for Mountain Dulcimer".
  2. Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (official store): "Catskill Mountain Waltzes and Airs".
  3. Performers Music: "Catskill Mountain Waltzes and Airs".
  4. Strings By Mail: "Ungar & Mason | Catskill Mountain Waltzes and Airs Book".