Annotation:Quadrille Montcalm

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QUADRILLE MONTCALM (Montcalm's Quadrille). AKA - "Reel Montcalm." AKA and see "Cuisinière (La)," "Gigue des draveurs," "Gigue du draveurs," "Quadrille de Montcalm," "Reel dans la Cuisiniere," "Reel du lac." French-Canadian, Quadrille (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712-1759) was the commander of the French forces in Canada during the Seven Years War. After some initial success in the conflict, he was finally defeated by the British forces under James Wolfe and slain on Quebec's Plains of Abraham [1] in 1859. Montcalm is also the name of a district in Québec City, near the site of the battle.

"Quadrille Montcalm" was recorded by Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard [2] (1873-1947) in 1929. The 'cuisinière' titles derive from the reel's inclusion in the influential Quebecois group La Bottine Souriante's set "La cuisinière."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard [Duval].

Printed sources : - Billette & Mallette (Québec Folklore vol. 2), 2004; p. 20. Cuillerier (Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon), 1992; p. 13. Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 177. Jean Duval (La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 33, p. 17. Songer & Curley (Portland Collection vol. 3), 2015; p. 169.

Recorded sources : - Bluebird B-4876-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929). Mille-Pattes ‎– 675270203927, La Bottine Souriante ‎– "En Spectacle" (1996. In set "La Cuisinière"). "Les sessions du Vices & Versa: 15e anniversaire" (2021. 2nd tune in "Ça galope pour moi").

See also listing at :
Hear Joseph Allard's 1929 recording at Virtual Gramophone [3]

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