Annotation:Joys of Québec

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JOYS OF QUÉBEC (Les Joyeuses Québecoises). French-Canadian, Reel or Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Brody): AA'BB'C (Phillips). The reel is the composition of influential Saint-Sauveur, Québec, fiddler Fortunat Malouin (1870-1935), who recorded in the 1920's for the Starr and Columbia labels. The third section, which Jos Bouchard (1905-1979) included in his 1938 recording, is rarely played, although interesting. Malouin recorded the reel in New York City in 1928 for Columbia Records (backed with another of his compositions, "Reel de Rimouski").

Source for notated version: Yankee Ingenuity (Mass.) [Brody]; Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 150. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 77. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 128.

Recorded sources: Arhoolie C-334, Joe Cormier (Cape Breton/Mass.) - "Masters of the Folk Violin" (1989). Columbia 34157-F (78 RPM), Fortunat Malouin (1928). Fretless 200A, Yankee Ingenuity- "Kitchen Junket" (1977). Gusto 104, Jerry Rivers- "30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits." RCA Victor B-1143 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1938).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
Hear Jos Bouchard 1938 recording at Virtual Gramophone [3]