{"id":8632,"date":"2024-08-18T20:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=8632"},"modified":"2024-08-18T20:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:46:23","slug":"meder-my-own-waltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2024\/08\/meder-my-own-waltz\/","title":{"rendered":"J. P. Meder \u2013 \u201cMy Own\u201d Waltz (1885) \u2013 Recording by Gennady Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"___plusone_0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4311 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm-100x100.jpg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>J. P. Meder<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a07I10z5L-E?si=y7Jk9AmpKW3aAByW\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>John P. Meder (1848 \u2013 1908) was a composer and polymath who spent most of his life (since 1864) in Carson City, Nevada. This waltz was published in 1885 by I.L.A. Brodersen. It is an energetic and somewhat playful waltz. The variety that is found in the various passages showcases Meder\u2019s talents as a composer, and one who should be more appreciated as an early contributor to the musical culture of the United States and the American West.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the new video of \u201cMy Own\u201d Waltz, featuring the music along with the score, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a07I10z5L-E\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This rendition in MuseScore 3.0 was created by Gennady Stolyarov II, due to the absence of any other recordings of this waltz online.<\/p>\n<p>Download the MP3 file of J. P. Meder\u2019s \u201cMy Own\u201d Waltz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Meder_My_Own_Waltz.mp3\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidbugli.com\/JPMeder.htm\">J. P. Meder Project<\/a> by David Bugli<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tile.loc.gov\/storage-services\/service\/music\/mussm\/mu\/ss\/m-\/sm\/18\/85\/-0\/51\/86\/mussm-sm1885-05186\/05186.pdf\">Score for J. P. Meder\u2019s \u201cMy Own\u201d Waltz<\/a> from the Library of Congress (in the public domain)<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"odysee-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9;\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/embed\/@GStolyarovII:0\/j.-p.-meder-\u2013-\u201cmy-own\u201d-waltz:9?r=8KdzaPSAyH1q5nep18jjTUbsKwjS4tUR\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J. P. Meder John P. Meder (1848 \u2013 1908) was a composer and polymath who spent most of his life (since 1864) in Carson City, Nevada. This waltz was published in 1885 by I.L.A. Brodersen. It is an energetic and somewhat playful waltz. The variety that is found in the various passages showcases Meder\u2019s talents as a composer, and one who should be more appreciated as an early contributor to the musical culture of the United States and the American&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2024\/08\/meder-my-own-waltz\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5912,5913,5914,5915,253,274,40,1768,5910,5911,251,5916,395],"class_list":["post-8632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-19th-century-music","tag-19th-century-waltz","tag-american-classical-music","tag-american-waltz","tag-carson-city","tag-classical-music","tag-g-stolyarov-ii","tag-gennady-stolyarov-ii","tag-j-p-meder","tag-john-p-meder","tag-nevada","tag-nevada-classical-music","tag-waltz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8633,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632\/revisions\/8633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}