Eric Kisch wrote: >And in similar vein, does anyone remember the distinguished American >pianist, Mark Hambourg's Chopin waltz in 4/4? Devastating and almost >impossible to get out of one's head afterwards. A few months ago, "Fresh Air" had a radio program on the late Eubie Blake, who wrote, among other things, "I'm Just Wild about Harry". According to the program, it was originally written as a waltz, but Blake was advised to revise it because waltzes were white folks' rhythms dances and would be out of place in a musical about people of color, so he did. It was played in waltz time on the radio program and sounded very good. Walter Meyer