Annotation:Marche du siffleur
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MARCHE DU SIFFLEUR (Whistler's March). AKA and see "Whistler (The)." Canadian, March (2/4 time); American, Polka. G Major (Miller & Perron): D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. The march was composed by Montreal accordinon player and composer Alfred Montmarquette (1871-1944), who recorded it in 1930 ("Accordéon & Castagnettes, avec siffleur").
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 59 (appears as "The Whistler").
Recorded sources: Starr 15692-B (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (with Édouard Bolduc, Médart Levert, and Adélard St-Jean (1930).
See also listing at:
See standard notation transcription at Identitairs Québécois [1]
Hear Montmarquette's 1930 recording at the Public Domain Media Database [2]