Belle Catherine (2) (La)

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Theme code Index	31H2H1H 31H2H1H
Also known as	Braes of Mar (1) (The), Joe's Toes, Reel des Noces, Reel de Pius Boudreau
Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Québécios/Acadian"Québécios/Acadian" is not in the list (Bluegrass, Cape Breton/PEI, Cajun/Creole, Contest, Contra, Down-East/Maritime, English, Guachi, Irish, Metis, ...) of allowed values for the "Has genre" property.
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	CANADA(Québec)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Susan Songer
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Portland Collection vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 27
Year of publication/Date of MS	1997
Artist	Biography:Louis Boudrealt
Title of recording	ortrait du vieux Kebec vol. 2
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Opus OP-219
Year recorded	1975
Media
Score ()

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BELLE CATHERINE [2], LA. AKA and see "Braes of Mar (1) (The)," "Joe's Toes," "Reel des Noces," "Reel de Pius Boudreau." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Songer). According to Québec musician Benoit Bourque, "La Belle Catherine" is a colloquial French-Canadian term meaning an old maid, or an unmarried woman over the age of 25 (Songer). La Belle Catherine is also the name of a longways formation dance that was popular in Québec, one of the 'grandes danses' of the region. The dance itself may date from the 1700s and has been attributed by Marius Barbeau to French origins, according to Anne Lederman (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, 1992). The tune, which can vary greatly from musician-to-musician, was in the respective repertoire of fiddlers Joseph Bouchard and Louis "Pitou" Boudreault (Chicoutimi, Québec); the latter recorded the melody in 1975.

Source for notated version: Dave Marshall (Vancouver, B.C.) [Songer].

Printed source: Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 27.

Recorded sources: Opus OP-219, Louis Boudrealt - "Portrait du vieux Kebec, volume 2." Nightingale - "The Coming Dawn."

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