Annotation:Reel du goglu

Back to Reel du goglu

---

REEL DU GOGLU (Goblin's Reel). AKA and see “Captain Corbett's Hornpipe,” “Captain John's Hornpipe," "Duke of Brunswick's Hornpipe (The)," "Mairs Hornpipe," "Quick's Hornpipe.” French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The reel was recorded by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1865-1947) in 1930 for Victor records, and again in 1936, albeit under the pseudonym 'Maxime Toupin'. The reel is a member of a large tune family of British and Irish tunes dating to the first half of the 19th century--see note for "annotation:Captain John's Hornpipe" for more.

Goglu des prés is the French name for a bird known in English as a Bobolink, which has a white back and black underparts (like a tuxedo in reverse) and is related to blackbirds and orioles. It can be found in overgrown fields, tall grasslands, uncut pastures and similar habitats. According to Eric Lortie [1], it is also the nickname of a small dry biscuit.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 26.

Recorded sources: Bluebird B-4931-A (78 RPM), Maxime Toupin (1936). Philo Records FI 2012, "Jean Carignan rend hommage à Joseph Allard" (1976). RC2000, George Wilson – “Royal Circus” (2000). Victor 263696-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1930).

See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1930 recording on youtube.com [2][3] and at the Virtual Gramophone [4]

---