Annotation:Reel de Péribonka
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REEL DE PÉRIBONKA. AKA and see "Bois-Brulé Jig," "Jument Grise (La)," "Reel de campagne," "Reel de Chicoutimi," "Reel de St-Hilaire," "Sets canadiens (2)." French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The reel was recorded in 1945 by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard [1] (1865-1947), although Allard researcher Jean Duval (2018) believes the 1945 issue could be a release of an earlier, overlooked recording. Duval notes similarity to Alfred Montmarquette's "Reel de Chicoutimi" and "Reel de campagne." The second strain of "Reel de Péribonka" is something of a 'floating strain' with variants turning up in several tunes. It is, for example, cognate with the first stains of "Jument Grise (La)" Georges Frappier's "Sets canadiens (2)" (recorded in 1921)
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."
