Annotation:Marche du St-Laurent

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X:1 T:Marche du St-Laurent N:From the playing of fiddler Isidore Soucy (1899-1962) and N:accordionist Donat Lafleur (1892-1973) M:4/4 L:1/8 R:March Q:"Brisk walking pace" D:Bluebird B-4892b (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy & Donat Lafleur (1936) D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/14816.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A z2E2 A2B2|:Sc4 c2Ac|e2e2e2ce|f2ee edcf|e3c ddd2| E4G2B2|d3d d2cd|f2ec ddB2|1A2E2AAB2:|2 A4|| |:eeed|c2A2 aag2|f2ee efed|c2A2ccd2|B4 eeed| c2A2 aag2|f2e2 b3a|g2e2f2g2|1a4:|2 a4 A2B2S||

MARCHE DU ST-LAURENT. French-Canadian, March (2/4 or cut time). D Major (Bégin, Tidal Wave): G Major (Duval). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Duval): AA'BB (Tidal Wave): AA'BB'A"A"'B"B"'. The tune was recorded in 1936 by fiddler biography:Isidore Soucy (1899-1963) and accordion player Donal Lafleur (1892-1973).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Montreal button accordion player Philippe Bruneau [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Philippe Bruneau), 1993; No. 4, p. 12. Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1800-1962), 2017; No. 211, p. 106. Raz-de-Marée/Tidal Wave Tune Book: Marche du St-Laurent, 2010; p. 30.

Recorded sources: -Bluebird B-4892 (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy & Donat Lafleur (1936). Folkways Records, Gabriel Labbé & Phillipe Bruneau - "Masters of French Canadian Music, vol. 3" (1980). Raz de Marée/Tidal Wave - "Marche du St-Laurent" (2010).

See also listing at:
Eric Lortie's Identitairs Québécois [1]
Hear Soucy's 1936 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [2]

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