Annotation:L'Homme à Deux Femmes (2)


Sheet Music for "L'Homme à Deux Femmes [2]"L'Homme à Deux Femmes [2]1212Source: Claude Austin (Néguac, New Brunswick)Discography: Lisa Ornstein, André Marchand & Normand Miron -Transcription: Steve Fry



L'HOMME À DEUX FEMMES [2] (The Man with Two Wives). AKA and see "Rivière acadienne (La)." French-Canadian, Quadrille (6/4 and 4/4 time). A Major. Standard or AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A quadrille figure from the playing of fiddler Claude Austin of Néguac, New Brunswick. M. Austin can be seen playing the tune the JVC/Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of the Americas, volume 1. Canada and the United States (1-10. French quadrille: Quadrille acadien, L'homme à deux femmes (The man with two wives), recorded in 1976; music played by Claude Austin (violin) and Gérald Fournier (guitar); danced by residents of Tracadie, New Brunswick). "L'Homme à deux femmes" is the name of a dance, and there are several tunes that also have acquired this title by association.

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Recorded sources: - Loftus Music, Celtic Fiddle Festival - "Équinoxe" (2008). Talencourt Musique TM-2009, Lisa Ornstein, André Marchand & Normand Miron - "Le Bruit Court Dans la Ville" (1997. Appears as last tune of "Parties de danses acadiennes").

See also listing at:
Hear André Marchand, Lisa Ornsein & Normand Miron' recording at youtube.com [1]
Hear Celtic Fiddle Festival's recording at youtube.com [2]



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