Annotation:Joys of Québec
Tune properties and standard notation
JOYS OF QUÉBEC (Les Joyeuses Québécoises). French-Canadian, Reel or Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Brody): AA'BB'C (Phillips). The reel is said to be the composition of influential Saint-Sauveur, Québec, fiddler Fortunat Malouin, who recorded in the 1920's for the Starr and Columbia lables. The third section is rarely played.
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). Fretless 200A, Yankee Ingenuity- "Kitchen Junket" (1977). Gusto 104, Jerry Rivers- "30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits."