X:1
T:Breakdown des fêtes
N:A version of "Jenny Lind Polka"
N:from the playing of Isidore Soucy (1899-1963, Montreal, Québec)
M:C|
L:1/8
N:Play ABB'A'BB'
D:Bluebird B-4881-A (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy & Donat Lafleur (1937)
D:https://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/14689.mp3
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
cd|efec d2f2|e2c'2 ec'ec'|d2b2 dbdb|c2[c2a2][c2a2]cd|
efec d2f2|e2 c'2 ec'ec'|d2b2 dbdb|a2c'2 a2:||
|:ce|[M:C|]a2 (g/a/g) fgaf|e2c2 cAce|d-BB2 BGBd|c2A2 [A,2A2]ce|
abag fgaf|e2 c-d c-Ace|(d/e/d)B2 EGBG|[M:2/4]A2:|
BREAKDOWN DES FÊTES. AKA and see "Jenny Lind (1)." French-Canadian, Reel or Polka (2/4 or cut time). G Major (Duval): A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Soucy researcher Jean Duval finds the tune to be a version of Anton Wallerstein's "Jenny Lind Polka," composed in 1846 for the very popular "Swedish Nightingale." See also Joseph Allard's "Reel du pont/Reel Lafrenière."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy), 2017; No. 208, p.
