Annotation:Quadrille de Beauharnois

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QUADRILLE DE BEAUHARNOIS. AKA and see "Gigue des touristes (1)." French-Canadian, Jig or Quadrille. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig if from the playing of Quebec fiddler Jospeh Allard (1873-1947), recorded for Victor in Montreal, Canada, in June, 1929. Allard re-recorded the tune in 1936, issued under the pseudonym "Maxime Toupin." The 'A' part of this melody resembles O'Neill's "Miss Blair’s Fancy," but there are not enough similarities to establish a direct association. Allard researcher Jean Duval also compares the tune Cape Breton composer Dan R. Macdonald's "Chanter Jig (The)." As per m. Duval's comment below, compare also with "Lassess of Limerick (2)," published by John Walsh in London in 1754 (or 1756 -- dates vary). The first strains of the tunes are quite similar, although the second strains are less so.

Beauharnois [1] is a town in Quebec, now within the Greater Montreal area.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Cuillerier (Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon), 1992; p. 12. Jean Duval (Le Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 24, p. 13. Joyal (Danses d'ici: Musique Traditionnelle du Québec), 1994; p. 11. Tidal Wave Tune Book, 2008; p. 16.

Recorded sources : - Bluebird B-4935-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929). Great Meadow Music, "Tidal Wave/Raz de Marée" (2009). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ‎LM470, Eddie Poirier - "Atlantic Fiddling" (1979). Philo ‎Fl.2012, Jean Carignan ‎– "Jean Carignan Rend Hommage À Joseph Allard" (1976). Victor 263590-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929). "Les sessions du Vices & Versa: 15e anniversaire" (2021. 2nd tune in "Set de six/huit à neuf heures!").

See also listing at :
Hear Joseph Allard's 1929 recording at Virtual Gramophone [2]

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