X:1
T:Disputeuse, La
T:The Disputatious Woman
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Related to "Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman"
N:from the playing of Isidore Soucy (1899-1963, Montreal, Québec)
D:Starr 15439a (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1928)
F:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/15818.mp3
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:Ador
a-|a2a2 eagb|a2a2 eagb|a2a2 gagf|ed^cd efgf |
[M:3/2]e^cAc efgf ed^cd |[M:C|]eagb a2a2|eagb a2a2||
A,A,^C[A,E] A,A,C[A,E] |[M:3/2]G,2B,G, DG,B,G, D[B,D]G,B,|[M:C|]A,B,=CD E2 DC|B,A,G,B, |
A,2CA, A,A,CA,|[M:3/2] G,2 B,G, DG,B,G, DB,G,B, |[M:C|]A,B,=CD E2 DC|B,A,G,B, A,2[A,2E2]||
DISPUTEUSE, LA. French-Canadian, Reel (cut and 3/2 time). Canada; Québec, New Brunswick. A Dorian/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A version of a tune better-known as "Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman (The)"
, at least in the United States. There is a category of related tunes in Québec that purport to mimic a complaining person (usually female) or a dispute between a man and woman (often characterized as the arguments of a man and wife), including "Marmotteuse (La)"
, and "Bavasseuse (La)." The juxtaposition of high and low strains in binary tunes and the resultant association to two people having a disagreement is an old one, however, and can be found in other, English-speaking, genres. Allard researcher Jean Duval points to the venerable "Arkansas Traveler (1)" as one example [1] . Gaspésie fiddler Hermas Réhel (Bridgeville, Gaspé, PQ) played a version of the tune as "La Grondeuse" [2] , as did his contemporary Gaspésie fiddler Édouard Richard (1934-2019, Grande-Vallée, Gaspé) with his version, "Grosse Roche"
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Georges Donald Leblanc (1944-2010, Dieppe, New Brunswick), transcribed by Joel Cormier in his Phd thesis "Acadian Accordion Music in South Eastern New Brunswick" (2011) [Corfield]; Bill Cormier [Corfield, p. 63); 72 yr. old fiddler & shoemaker Ménard Bougie [3] (1919, Montreal) [Barbeau & Massicotte] [4] ..
Printed sources : - Barbeau & Massicotte (Veillées du bon vieux temps, Société historique de Montréal et de la Société de folklore d'Amérique), 1920, No. 43, p. 93[1]. Peter Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 30 (as "Disputeuse a George D. "The Barber" LeBlanc"), p. 63 ("Bill Cormier's Version"), and p. 65. Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962), 2017; No. 77, p. 44.
