The snow waltz is a dance song from Carinthia (south Austria) in waltz rhythm . It is one of the most famous melodies in the German-speaking folk music scene .
The work was first published in 1887 as waltz no. 1 of the "Walzer Idylle" Ein Sonntag auf der Alm op. 71 by Thomas Koschat (1845–1914) and was originally entitled "Jägerständchen". As with earlier (op. 26) and later (op. 100) works, Koschat gave the comment “with partial use of Carinthian folk tunes”. Since no recording of the melody can be found in printed sources, in the Carinthian Folk Song Archive or in the Koschatarchiv, the work is often viewed as a likely original composition by Koschat. The song received the popular title Schneewalzer around 1900 due to the beginning of the text of the original version of Koschat "When's can snow mer åber schneibt [...]". The text of the refrain part "We danced the snow waltz [...]" can be identified for the first time in an arrangement by Willi Bender (1968).
About the Recording
This recording was made on a single track, not a series of tracks recording over each other. The up to 9 individual instruments sounding in the song at one time are all controlled live while playing – not in the sound studio using DAW software.
About the Accordion
The Concerto Digital/Acoustical Accordion is what many consider to be the “Stratovarius” of modern accordions. It is a leader in sound quality, both acoustically and digitally.
This particular model is the DA300 with hand-made reeds (LMMM) and two tone chambers. The electronics give it the ability to choose from over 380 different sounds and save them to an unlimited number of registers. In addition to the reeds, eight other instruments can be played simultaneously (4 on the keyboard side, and 4 on the bass button side).
The mix of instruments can be controlled using the bellow, keyboard touch sensibility, or an expression pedal to properly emulate each of the instruments relative volume to each other. Instruments can also be phased in and out of a solo position.
It is unique amongst electronic instruments in many ways. One particularly useful difference is that when a register is changed, that change does not take effect until another note is played (and does not affect any notes held). So, for example, you could hold a note, and play a counter melody under it with a completely different set of instruments, and then switch back to the original registers of eight instrument.
There are many other features too numerous to list here – but I am always willing to answer any questions.
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