Annotation:Reel du carnaval
REEL DU CARNAVAL. AKA and see "Quadrille Acadien." French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) recorded the tune twice: originally in 1928 under the title "Quadrille acadien" (Victor 263543), and again in 1937 as "Reel du carnaval."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 25.
Recorded sources: Bluebird B-1123-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1865-1947). Dominion 48013, Le Famille Soucy - "Noël et le jour de l'an avec la famille Sourcy" (c. 1965).
Philo FI 2002, "Henri Landry" (1975). Universal/Demon, Henri Landry - "violoneux des cantons de l'Est/Fiddler from the Eastern Townships" (2006).
See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1], and on youtube.com [2]