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'''QUADRILLE DE BEAUHARNOIS'''. AKA and see "[[Gigue des touristes]]." French-Canadian, Jig or Quadrille. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig if from the playing of Quebec fiddler Jospeh Allard (1873-1947), recorded for Victor in Montreal, Canada, in 1929. Allard re-recorded the tune in 1936, issued under the pseudonym "Maxime Toupin." The 'A' part of this melody resembles O'Neill's "[[Miss Blair’s Fancy]]," but there are not enough similarities to establish a direct association. | '''QUADRILLE DE BEAUHARNOIS'''. AKA and see "[[Gigue des touristes]]." French-Canadian, Jig or Quadrille. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig if from the playing of Quebec fiddler Jospeh Allard (1873-1947), recorded for Victor in Montreal, Canada, in 1929. Allard re-recorded the tune in 1936, issued under the pseudonym "Maxime Toupin." The 'A' part of this melody resembles O'Neill's "[[Miss Blair’s Fancy]]," but there are not enough similarities to establish a direct association. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Bluebird B-4935-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard. Great Meadow Music, "Tidal Wave/Raz de Marée" (2009). Victor 263590-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Bluebird B-4935-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard. Great Meadow Music, "Tidal Wave/Raz de Marée" (2009). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation LM470, Eddie Poirier - "Atlantic Fiddling" (1979). Victor 263590-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929).</font> | ||
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Revision as of 13:58, 5 March 2017
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QUADRILLE DE BEAUHARNOIS. AKA and see "Gigue des touristes." French-Canadian, Jig or Quadrille. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig if from the playing of Quebec fiddler Jospeh Allard (1873-1947), recorded for Victor in Montreal, Canada, in 1929. Allard re-recorded the tune in 1936, issued under the pseudonym "Maxime Toupin." The 'A' part of this melody resembles O'Neill's "Miss Blair’s Fancy," but there are not enough similarities to establish a direct association.
Beauharnois [1] is a town in Quebec, now within the Greater Montreal area.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cuillerier (Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon), 1992; p. 12. Joyal (Danses d'ici: Musique Traditionnelle du Québec), 1994; p. 11. Tidal Wave Tune Book, 2008; p. 16.
Recorded sources: Bluebird B-4935-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard. Great Meadow Music, "Tidal Wave/Raz de Marée" (2009). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation LM470, Eddie Poirier - "Atlantic Fiddling" (1979). Victor 263590-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929).
See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1929 recording at Virtual Gramophone [2]