Annotation:Reel St-Émile

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REEL ST-EMILE. French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The 'crooked' or irregular reel was recorded in Montreal in 1938 by fiddler Joseph Bouchard (1905-1973), and released on RCA Victor's Bluebird label. Saint-Émile is a former city in central Quebec, Canada, but was amalgamated into Quebec City in 2002. It is located within the Borough of La Haute-Saint-Charles.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Bluebird B-1168 (78 RPM), Jos Bouchard (1938). Bonanza B-29636, "Roger Langlois ‎– Et Son Accordéon."

See also listing at:
Hear Bouchard's recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1] and on youtube.com [2]




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