Annotation:Madame Renaud

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MADAME RENAUD. AKA and see "Reel de Madame Renaud/Reel de Madame Renault." French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is related to the Scots melody "Bob of Fettercairn" and the American old-time tune "Dr. Humphrey's Jig," finds Lisa Ornstein.

Source for notated version: fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin].

Printed sources: Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 57, p. 66. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 133, p. 54. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 72, p. 49 (appears as "Reel de Madame Renault"). Cuillerier (Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon), 1992; p. 11.

Recorded sources: Victor 263531-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard.

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