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'''QUADRILLE MONTCALM''' (Montcalm's Quadrille). French-Canadian, Quadrille (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Montcalm was the French | '''QUADRILLE MONTCALM''' (Montcalm's Quadrille). AKA and see "[[Cuisinière (La)]]," "[[Quadrille de Montcalm]]," "[[Reel dans la Cuisiniere]]," "Reel du lac]]." French-Canadian, Quadrille (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was the commander of the French forces on Quebec's Plains of Abraham, slain by the English under Wolfe, | ||
although it is also the name of a grand hotel in Quebec, near the site of the battle. | |||
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"Quadrille Montcalm" was recorded by Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) in 1929. The 'cuisinière' titles derive from the reel's inclusion in the influential Quebecois group La Bottine Souriante's set "La cuisinière." | |||
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QUADRILLE MONTCALM (Montcalm's Quadrille). AKA and see "Cuisinière (La)," "Quadrille de Montcalm," "Reel dans la Cuisiniere," "Reel du lac]]." French-Canadian, Quadrille (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was the commander of the French forces on Quebec's Plains of Abraham, slain by the English under Wolfe,
although it is also the name of a grand hotel in Quebec, near the site of the battle.
"Quadrille Montcalm" was recorded by Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) in 1929. The 'cuisinière' titles derive from the reel's inclusion in the influential Quebecois group La Bottine Souriante's set "La cuisinière."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cuillerier (Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon), 1992; p. 13.
Recorded sources: Bluebird B-4876-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929).
See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1929 recording at Virtual Gramophone [1]
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