Iva Dingwall was born in Elk River, MN in 1877. She played the barn dance fiddle music that her father played when she was growing up. This recording of her represents the only recordings we have of a Minnesota fiddler born in the 1800's. Thankfully she also jotted down her accounts of her fathers playing and the tunes and dances that were used.
This archive is meant for educational purposes only and features only low quality Mp3's.
These tunes are typical of Michigan old-time fiddling. "Sally Over the Water" is "Charlie Over the Water" in books, and "Cicadian Quickstep" is a Polish tune, krakowiak, that was popularized as Cracovienne.
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