Annotation:Reel de l'enfant

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REEL DE L'ENFANT. AKA and see "Reel des chasseurs." French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cranford, Cuillerier): AA'B (Joyal). Similar to "Lord MacDonald (4)." The reel was recorded twice by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947): first, in 1928 as "Reel de l'enfant," and again in 1927 as "Reel des chasseurs," although on the record label he was given the pseudonym 'Maxime Toupin'.

Source for notated version: Learned by Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) from fiddler Arthur Muise (Cheticamp, Cape Breton) who had learned it from a tape of Montreal fiddler Jean Carignan [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 186, p. 53. Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 15. Joyal (Danses d'ici: Musique Traditionnelle du Québec), 1994; pp. 15 & 85.

Recorded sources: Victor 263548-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1928). "Ti-Jean Carignan, vol. 1" (2006).

See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1928 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1] and at youtube.com [2]
Hear Jean Carignan's recording on youtube.com [3]