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|f_annotation='''OTTAWA VALLEY REEL [1], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Boys from Scart (The)]]," "[[Coquette (1)]]," "[[Delaware Hornpipe]]," "[[Farmer's Reel (1)]]." Canadian, Reel (cut or whole time). Canada; Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Named for a region in Ontario Province. Perlman (1996) states this is one of the most widely played tunes on Prince Edward Island. It is often attributed to New Brunswick fiddler Earl Mitton, though Perlman says his widow denies he wrote it; Perlman still thinks the tune may have originated in the Maritimes. It has also been attributed to Don Messer. Peter Corfield (2024) notes that renowned New Brunswick fiddler recalled the "Farmer's/Ottawa Valley [1]" reel being in circulation "long before the 1940's." Landry himself had a composition with the same title (given here as "[[Ottawa Valley Reel (2) (The)]]"), however, it is a different tune altogether. | |f_annotation='''OTTAWA VALLEY REEL [1], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Boys from Scart (The)]]," "[[Coquette (1)]]," "[[Delaware Hornpipe]]," "[[Farmer's Reel (1)]]." Canadian, Reel (cut or whole time). Canada; Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Named for a region in Ontario Province. Perlman (1996) states this is one of the most widely played tunes on Prince Edward Island. It is often attributed to New Brunswick fiddler Earl Mitton, though Perlman says his widow denies he wrote it; Perlman still thinks the tune may have originated in the Maritimes. It has also been attributed to Don Messer. Peter Corfield (2024) notes that renowned New Brunswick fiddler recalled the "Farmer's/Ottawa Valley [1]" reel being in circulation "long before the 1940's." Landry himself had a composition with the same title (given here as "[[Ottawa Valley Reel (2) (The)]]"), however, it is a different tune altogether. | ||
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The reel, or parts of it, has been in circulation since the mid-19th century. The second strain is cognate with the Irish "[[Boys from Scart (The)]]" and the Scottish "[[Coquette (1)]]." | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Edward P. Arsenault (b. 1921, Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Edward P. Arsenault (b. 1921, Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Corfield ('''Tunes from New Brunswick'''), 2024; p. 41 (appears as "Farmer's"). Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 53. | |f_printed_sources=Corfield ('''Tunes from New Brunswick'''), 2024; p. 41 (appears as "Farmer's"). Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 53. | ||
Revision as of 04:33, 4 October 2024
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OTTAWA VALLEY REEL [1], THE. AKA and see "Boys from Scart (The)," "Coquette (1)," "Delaware Hornpipe," "Farmer's Reel (1)." Canadian, Reel (cut or whole time). Canada; Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Named for a region in Ontario Province. Perlman (1996) states this is one of the most widely played tunes on Prince Edward Island. It is often attributed to New Brunswick fiddler Earl Mitton, though Perlman says his widow denies he wrote it; Perlman still thinks the tune may have originated in the Maritimes. It has also been attributed to Don Messer. Peter Corfield (2024) notes that renowned New Brunswick fiddler recalled the "Farmer's/Ottawa Valley [1]" reel being in circulation "long before the 1940's." Landry himself had a composition with the same title (given here as "Ottawa Valley Reel (2) (The)"), however, it is a different tune altogether.
The reel, or parts of it, has been in circulation since the mid-19th century. The second strain is cognate with the Irish "Boys from Scart (The)" and the Scottish "Coquette (1)."
