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 Premiere Partie
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 Premiere Partie" in 1938. Even earlier, in 1924, a version was recorded by John A. Pattee as the 1st change in his "Old Catville Quadrille" (which can be heard at [1]). The first strain is very similar to "Bride of the Wind" but the second differs. It also appears under the title "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 as an untitled quadrille tune in R.P. Christeson's Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1 (1973, No. 182, p. 130) and in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (No. 523).

The title is the English translation of the German phrase die Windsbraut, which is used to refer to a storm or tempest.

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]:|