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'''BLIND MAN'S REEL [1]''' (Reel de l'Aveugle). AKA and see "[[Reel of the Blindmen]]." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Welling's version features irregular measure at ends of 'A' and 'B' parts as well as double-tonic tonality. The tune was recorded in 1930 on a 78 RPM disc by Québecois fiddler Joseph Allard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allard_(fiddler)] on the Victor label, and re-released in 1936 on the Bluebird label (B-4929-B), albeit under the pseudonym 'Maxime Toupin'. It was one of his more popular recordings. [[File:allard.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Joseph Allard (1873-1947)]] | '''BLIND MAN'S REEL [1]''' (Reel de l'Aveugle). AKA and see "[[Reel of the Blindmen]]." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Welling's version features irregular measure at ends of 'A' and 'B' parts as well as double-tonic tonality. The tune was recorded in 1930 on a 78 RPM disc by Québecois fiddler Joseph Allard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allard_(fiddler)] on the Victor label, and re-released in 1936 on the Bluebird label (B-4929-B), albeit under the pseudonym 'Maxime Toupin'. It was one of his more popular recordings. [[File:allard.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Joseph Allard (1873-1947)]] | ||
The reel was also recorded by Allard's younger contemporary, fiddler J.O. LaMadeleine [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/j-o-lamadeleine-emc/] (1880-1973) in 1938, for Montreal-based Starr label. | The reel was also recorded by Allard's younger contemporary, fiddler J.O. LaMadeleine [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/j-o-lamadeleine-emc/] (1880-1973) in 1938, for Montreal-based Starr label. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Gretchen Koehler [Phillips]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin]. | ''Source for notated version'': Gretchen Koehler [Phillips]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Bégin ('''Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood'''), 1985; No. 51, p. 60. Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 133, p. 54. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 29. Welling ('''Welling's Hartford Tunebook'''), 1976; p. 1. | ''Printed sources'': Bégin ('''Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood'''), 1985; No. 51, p. 60. Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 133, p. 54. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 29. Welling ('''Welling's Hartford Tunebook'''), 1976; p. 1. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan." Starr 16144-A (78 RPM), J.O. LaMadeleine (1938). TRCD 9504/5, Gabriel Labbé - "100 ans de musique traditionnelle québécoise" (reissue recordings). Victor 263723-B (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1930).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan." Starr 16144-A (78 RPM), J.O. LaMadeleine (1938). TRCD 9504/5, Gabriel Labbé - "100 ans de musique traditionnelle québécoise" (reissue recordings). Victor 263723-B (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1930).</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/b09.htm#Blimare]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/b09.htm#Blimare]<br> | ||
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BLIND MAN'S REEL [1] (Reel de l'Aveugle). AKA and see "Reel of the Blindmen." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Welling's version features irregular measure at ends of 'A' and 'B' parts as well as double-tonic tonality. The tune was recorded in 1930 on a 78 RPM disc by Québecois fiddler Joseph Allard [1] on the Victor label, and re-released in 1936 on the Bluebird label (B-4929-B), albeit under the pseudonym 'Maxime Toupin'. It was one of his more popular recordings.
The reel was also recorded by Allard's younger contemporary, fiddler J.O. LaMadeleine [2] (1880-1973) in 1938, for Montreal-based Starr label.
Source for notated version: Gretchen Koehler [Phillips]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin].
Printed sources: Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 51, p. 60. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 133, p. 54. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1), 1994; p. 29. Welling (Welling's Hartford Tunebook), 1976; p. 1.
Recorded sources: Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan." Starr 16144-A (78 RPM), J.O. LaMadeleine (1938). TRCD 9504/5, Gabriel Labbé - "100 ans de musique traditionnelle québécoise" (reissue recordings). Victor 263723-B (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1930).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]
Hear Joseph Allard's 1930 recording on youtube.com [4], and at the Virtual Gramophone [5]
Hear J.O. LaMadeleine's 1938 recording on youtube.com [6] and at the Virtual Gramophone [7]
Hear Jean Carignan's recording on youtube.com [8]
Read Glenn Patterson's analysis of Allard and Gaspé fiddler Erskine Morris's versions of the reel [9]