Annotation:Belle Catherine (2) (La)

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BELLE CATHERINE [2], LA. AKA and see "Braes of Mar (1) (The)," "Joe's Toes," "Reel des Noces," "Reel de Pius Boudreau." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Songer). According to Québec musician Benoit Bourque, "La Belle Catherine" is a colloquial French-Canadian term meaning an old maid, or an unmarried woman over the age of 25 (Songer). La Belle Catherine is also the name of a longways formation dance that was popular in Québec, one of the 'grandes danses' of the region. The dance itself may date from the 1700s and has been attributed by Marius Barbeau to French origins, according to Anne Lederman (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, 1992). The tune, which can vary greatly from musician-to-musician, was in the respective repertoire of fiddlers Joseph Bouchard and Louis "Pitou" Boudreault (Chicoutimi, Québec); the latter recorded the melody in 1975 (see Belle Catherine (3) (La).

Source for notated version: Dave Marshall (Vancouver, B.C.) [Songer].

Printed sources: Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 27.

Recorded sources: Opus OP-219, Louis Boudrealt - "Portrait du vieux Kebec, volume 2." Nightingale - "The Coming Dawn."



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