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X:1
T:Reel de Napoléon [1]
C:Joseph Allard
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:C
GF|EGGc AFAF|EGed Bcdf|ecGc AFAF|EGBd cBc2|!
EGGc AFAF|EGed Bcdf|ecAc AFAF|EGBd c2:|!
|:ef|gcac gcea|g2ec Bddf|ecca gedc|BGAB cBce|!
gcac gcea|g2ec Bddf|ecGc AFAF|EGBd c2:|!
REEL DE NAPOLÉON (Napoleon's Reel). French-Canadian, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The reel was in the repertoire of Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947), recorded by him in 1937 and released on Victor's Bluebird label. A different "Reel de Napoléon (2)" was recorded by Isidore Soucy in 1936, a year before Allard.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 18.
Recorded sources: - Bluebird B-1107-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1937). Loftus Music, Celtic Fiddle Festival - "Équinoxe " (2008).
Le Tamanoir – TAMX 32500, Joseph Allard - "Musique Traditionnelle Du Québec: Coffret No. 2, La Danse" (1975. Various artists). Tamanoir MAGHCD 60, Joseph Allard - "Violon: Musique traditionnelle du Québec" (1996). "Portrait du vieux Kébec Volume 11: Joseph Allard, violoneux."
See also listing at:
Hear Allard's 1937 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1][2], and on youtube.com [3] [4]
