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'''FRENCHIE'S REEL'''. Canadian, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Hinds): AA'BB' (Songer). Composed by Canadian fiddlers Ward Allen and Mel Lavigne, recorded by Allen in 1957. It has been a New England contra dance staple for decades. According to Lavigne's widow, the tune was written by her husband, although popularized by Allen. | '''FRENCHIE'S REEL'''. Canadian, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Hinds): AA'BB' (Songer). Composed by Canadian fiddlers Ward Allen and Mel Lavigne, recorded by Allen in 1957. It has been a New England contra dance staple for decades. According to Lavigne's widow, the tune was written by her husband, although popularized by Allen. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Todd Silverstein [Songer]. | ''Source for notated version'': Todd Silverstein [Songer]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Hinds/Hébert ('''Grumbling Old Woman'''), 1981; p. 15. Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 81. | ''Printed sources'': Hinds/Hébert ('''Grumbling Old Woman'''), 1981; p. 15. Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 81. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Banff SBS 5296 (reissued on Canadian Cavalcade CCLP 2010), "Graham Townsend and His Country Fiddle." Folkways 8826, Per's Four--"Jigs and Reels." Rounder 0216, John McCutcheon - "Step by Step" (1986). Front Hall FHR029, The Fourgone Conclusions - "Contra Dance Music of Western Massachusetts." </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Banff SBS 5296 (reissued on Canadian Cavalcade CCLP 2010), "Graham Townsend and His Country Fiddle." Folkways 8826, Per's Four--"Jigs and Reels." Rounder 0216, John McCutcheon - "Step by Step" (1986). Front Hall FHR029, The Fourgone Conclusions - "Contra Dance Music of Western Massachusetts." </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/f08.htm#Frere]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f08.htm#Frere]<br> | ||
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FRENCHIE'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Hinds): AA'BB' (Songer). Composed by Canadian fiddlers Ward Allen and Mel Lavigne, recorded by Allen in 1957. It has been a New England contra dance staple for decades. According to Lavigne's widow, the tune was written by her husband, although popularized by Allen.
Source for notated version: Todd Silverstein [Songer].
Printed sources: Hinds/Hébert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; p. 15. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 81.
Recorded sources: Banff SBS 5296 (reissued on Canadian Cavalcade CCLP 2010), "Graham Townsend and His Country Fiddle." Folkways 8826, Per's Four--"Jigs and Reels." Rounder 0216, John McCutcheon - "Step by Step" (1986). Front Hall FHR029, The Fourgone Conclusions - "Contra Dance Music of Western Massachusetts."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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