Annotation:Reel du Pêcheur

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REEL DE/DU PÊCHEUR (Fisherman's Reel). AKA and see "Reel de la paix ." French-Canadian, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A Québécois variant of “Democratic Rage Hornpipe” (Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883) by Lachine, Québec, fiddler Joseph Allard (1865-1947), who taught the tune to a young Jean Carignan, the famous Montreal fiddler. Allard recorded the tune in 1928 as "Reel du Pêcheur", and again in 1945 under the title "Reel de la paix."

See Canadian Journal for Traditional Music (1980), "Le Processus de Composition Dans La Musique Instrumental du Québec," by Jean-Pierre Joyal [1]. See also the version by Gaspé fiddler Erskine Morris [2], who played the tune in AEae tuning.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 74, p. 50. Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 27.

Recorded sources: Folkways RBF 110, Joseph Allard - "Masters of French Canadian Dances" (1979). Folkways FG 3532, Alan Mills and Jean Carignan - "Songs, Fiddle Tunes and a Folk Tale from Canada" (1961). Victor 263514 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1928).

See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1928 recording at youtube.com [3][4], and at the Virtual Gramophone [5]