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'''REEL DU CHAUFFEUR | '''REEL DU CHAUFFEUR''' (Chauffeur's/Driver's Reel). AKA and see "[[Ned Kendall's Hornpipe (2)]]," "[[Reel des chantiers]]." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel is better-known today under the "[[Reel des chantiers]]" title. The phrases are reversed in this tune from the original New England melody "[[Ned Kendall's Hornpipe (2)]]." Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947), the source for this version of the tune, was born in the state of Maine and spent time in New England as a young man, where he is known to have entered fiddle contests. It may be that he picked up this tune at that time. A very similar melody is Francis O'Neill's hornpipe "[[Swinging around the Circle]]." | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Lost Chart Records, Jean-Pierre Rampal - "Danses d'Ici" (1998). Victor 263586-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard ( | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Lost Chart Records, Jean-Pierre Rampal - "Danses d'Ici" (1998). Victor 263586-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929). </font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | |||
Hear Joseph Allard's 1929 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/m2/f7/12647.mp3]<br> | |||
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REEL DU CHAUFFEUR (Chauffeur's/Driver's Reel). AKA and see "Ned Kendall's Hornpipe (2)," "Reel des chantiers." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel is better-known today under the "Reel des chantiers" title. The phrases are reversed in this tune from the original New England melody "Ned Kendall's Hornpipe (2)." Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947), the source for this version of the tune, was born in the state of Maine and spent time in New England as a young man, where he is known to have entered fiddle contests. It may be that he picked up this tune at that time. A very similar melody is Francis O'Neill's hornpipe "Swinging around the Circle."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Joyal (Danses d'ici: Musique Traditionnelle du Québec), 1994; pp. 19 & 87.
Recorded sources: Lost Chart Records, Jean-Pierre Rampal - "Danses d'Ici" (1998). Victor 263586-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929).
See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1929 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]