Bride of the Wind

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 Theme code Index    5H6H 1H5 76 1H5
 Also known as    Anoy's Jig, Bride of the Winds, Lancier Bouchard
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Jim Magill
 Region    Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    CANADA(Ottawa Valley/Ontario)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Jarman
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 1
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1944
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BRIDE OF THE WINDS. AKA and see "Anoy's Jig." Canadian, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Jarman): AA'AA'BB'BB' (Phillips). Composition credited to Jim Magill in Jarman's 1944 (Anglo-)Canadian publication; however, the tune had been recorded by French-Canadian fiddler Joseph Bouchard as the first part of his "Lancier Bouchard" in 1938. Even earlier, in 1924, it was recorded by John A. Pattee as the 1st change in his "Old Catville Quadrille," according to Paul Gifford, who also finds it as "Anoy's Jig" in Don Messer's repertoire. It is related (set in 2/4 time) to "Whalen's Breakdown" which Messer popularized during his career. Versions of the melody appear in R.P. Christeson's Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1 (No. 182) and in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (No. 523).

Source for notated version: Stuart Williams [Phillips].

Printed sources: Jarman (The Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes), 1944; p. 1. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 360.


X: 1
T: Bride of the Wind
N: Tune No.182 in Robert P. Christeson's book, "The Old-Time Fiddler's 
N: Repertory"
S: Uncle Bob Walters, Nebraska
L: 1/8
M: 6/8
Z: ABC by Joel Shimberg from Christeson's notation.
K: D %Transposed from C
f/2g/2 | a^ga baf | dcB A2 d | cde B2 c | dcB A2 a|
a^ga baf | dcB A2 d | cde B2 c | [d3F3][d2F] :|
F/2G/2 |A^GA d2 c | BGB e2 d | caa a^ga | bag f2 A |
A^GA d2 c | BGB e2 d | caa baf |[d3 f3][d2f2]:|


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