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'''LÉVIS BEAULIEU.''' AKA - "[[Reel a Lévis Beaulieu]]." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was in the repertoire of Lévis Beaulieu, a diatonic accordéon from the influential Quebec group "Les montagnards laurentiens." Beaulieu was a later addition to the group (which had been formed in 1931), playing with them from 1945 through their disbanding in 1962. The tune has since become a contra-dance favorite. | '''LÉVIS BEAULIEU.''' AKA - "[[Reel a Lévis Beaulieu]]." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was in the repertoire of Lévis Beaulieu (as "Reel en la"/Reel in 'A'), a diatonic accordéon from the influential Quebec group "Les montagnards laurentiens." Beaulieu was a later addition to the group (which had been formed in 1931), playing with them from 1945 through their disbanding in 1962. The tune has since become a contra-dance favorite. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 125. | ''Printed sources'': Hart & Sandall ('''Dance ce soir'''), 2001; p. 49. Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 125. | ||
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LÉVIS BEAULIEU. AKA - "Reel a Lévis Beaulieu." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was in the repertoire of Lévis Beaulieu (as "Reel en la"/Reel in 'A'), a diatonic accordéon from the influential Quebec group "Les montagnards laurentiens." Beaulieu was a later addition to the group (which had been formed in 1931), playing with them from 1945 through their disbanding in 1962. The tune has since become a contra-dance favorite.
Source for notated version: piano and fiddle player Heather Pinney (Portland, Oregon) [Songer].
Printed sources: Hart & Sandall (Dance ce soir), 2001; p. 49. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 125.
Recorded sources: Avocet Records 103, The Glasnotes - "Live from Contrafornia" (1989). Sage Arts SA 1101, Erin Shrader & Edith Farrar - "Enrichez Vouz!" (1991).
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