Annotation:Sir Wilfrid Laurier March

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SIR WILFRID/WILFRED LAURIER MARCH. AKA - "Marche Sir Wilfrid Laurier." French-Canadian, March (6/8 or 12/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Hinds): AA'BB'C (Carlin). "Good for 48 bar Canadian square figures” (Hinds). The tune was recorded in 1928 in Montreal by fiddler Joseph Allard and issued as "Marche Sir Wilfrid Laurier."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Jean Carignan (Montreal, Canada) [Hinds].

Printed sources : - Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 99, p. 62. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; p. 21.

Recorded sources: -Philo PH2012, "Jean Carignan rend hommage a Joseph Allard." Victor 263578 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1928, as "Marche Sir Wilfrid Laurier"). Voyager 370, Frank Ferrel - "Classic Down East Fiddle Music" (1975).

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