Annotation:Reel de Péribonka
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REEL DE PÉRIBONKA. French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The reel was recorded in 1945 by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard [1] (1865-1947). Péribonka is a the name of a town and a river in the province of Québec, well north of Québec City. The town is situated at the mouth of the Peribonka River where it forms a bay on the north shore of Lac Saint-Jean. According to Wikipedia, the name 'Peribonka' comes from the Innu word periwanga (or possibly from pelipaukau), meaning "river digging in/removing the sand." See also another (unrelated) tune for the town, "Clog de Peribonka."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 19. Jean Duval (La Musique de Joseph Allard), 2018; No. 123, p. 59 (in 'G') and No. 127, p. 51 (in 'A').
Recorded sources: Bluebird 55-5225-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1945).
See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1945 recording on youtube.com [2]
See Jean Duval's comprehensive volume on Allard's commercial recordings [3]