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'''JOYS OF QUÉBEC''' (Les Joyeuses Québécoises). French-Canadian, Reel or Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Brody): AA'BB'C (Phillips). The reel is said to be the composition of influential Saint-Sauveur, Québec, fiddler Fortunat Malouin, who recorded in the 1920's for the Starr and Columbia lables. The third section is rarely played. | '''JOYS OF QUÉBEC''' (Les Joyeuses Québécoises). French-Canadian, Reel or Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Brody): AA'BB'C (Phillips). The reel is said to be the composition of influential Saint-Sauveur, Québec, fiddler Fortunat Malouin (1870-1935), who recorded in the 1920's for the Starr and Columbia lables. The third section, which Jos Bouchard (1905-1979) included in his 1938 recording, is rarely played, although interesting. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Arhoolie C-334, Joe Cormier (Cape Breton/Mass.) - "Masters of the Folk Violin" (1989). Fretless 200A, Yankee Ingenuity- "Kitchen Junket" (1977). Gusto 104, Jerry Rivers- "30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits."</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Arhoolie C-334, Joe Cormier (Cape Breton/Mass.) - "Masters of the Folk Violin" (1989). Fretless 200A, Yankee Ingenuity- "Kitchen Junket" (1977). Gusto 104, Jerry Rivers- "30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits." RCA Victor B-1143 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1938).</font> | ||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/j06.htm#Joyofqu]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/j06.htm#Joyofqu]<br> | ||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1050.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1050.html]<br> | ||
Hear Jos Bouchard 1938 recording at Virtual Gramophone [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/m2/f7/14553.mp3]<br> | |||
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Revision as of 04:04, 23 March 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JOYS OF QUÉBEC (Les Joyeuses Québécoises). French-Canadian, Reel or Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Brody): AA'BB'C (Phillips). The reel is said to be the composition of influential Saint-Sauveur, Québec, fiddler Fortunat Malouin (1870-1935), who recorded in the 1920's for the Starr and Columbia lables. The third section, which Jos Bouchard (1905-1979) included in his 1938 recording, is rarely played, although interesting.
Source for notated version: Yankee Ingenuity (Mass.) [Brody]; Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 150. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 77. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 128.
Recorded sources: Arhoolie C-334, Joe Cormier (Cape Breton/Mass.) - "Masters of the Folk Violin" (1989). Fretless 200A, Yankee Ingenuity- "Kitchen Junket" (1977). Gusto 104, Jerry Rivers- "30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits." RCA Victor B-1143 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1938).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
Hear Jos Bouchard 1938 recording at Virtual Gramophone [3]