Annotation:Guénille (La)

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GUÉNILLE, LA (The Rag). AKA – "Reel de la guénille." AKA and see "Rags (The)." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'. Hart & Sandell (2001) note the title refers to a piece of cloth, and that it is a commonly heard tune in Québec. The attribute the tune's popularity in part to singer Mary Travers "La Boduc" (1894-1941) who set words to it. Travers/Mme Bolduc also recorded an instrumental version on harmonica as "La gaspésienne: reel" (1929). Fiddler Jos Vermette recorded a version of "La Guénille" as "Reel canadien" in 1923, while accordion player Alfred Montmarquette released his own "La Guénille" in 1928. Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard recorded "Reel de la guénille" in 1932.

The first strain of "La guénille" resembles the second strain of A.J. Boulay's "Quadrille du nord-ouest 4ème partie."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Louis Beaudoin (1921–1980, Burlington, Vt.), whose own source was Denis Mathieu [Hart & Sandell].

Printed sources : - Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 107. Hart & Sandell (Danse ce soir!), 2001; No. 14, p. 47.

Recorded sources : - SOCAN MPCD 2039, La Bottine Souriante – "En spectacle" (1996). Philo Records, Louis Beaudoin" (1973). Starr 15491a (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (1928). Victor 263593b (78 RPM) Tezraf Latour (1929. The recording was also released the same year on the Bluebird label, B-4909b, with the performer's name listed as Auguste Sansfaçon).

See also listing at :
Hear accordion player Tezraf Latour's (1888-1932) "La Guenille" at the Virtual Gramophone [1]

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