Annotation:Montmarquette's March

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MONTMARQUETTE'S MARCH (Marche Montmarquette). AKA - "Marche Monmarquette." French-Canadian, March. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by Biography:Alfred Montmarquette [1] (1870-1944), a master accordion player from Montréal, Québec, who recorded in the 20's and 30's.

The march was recorded in November, 1927, for the Starr Record Company as "Marche Monmarquette" (released in 1928).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 97, p. 61.

Recorded sources: Folkways Records RBF 111, Alfred Montmarquette - "Masters of French-Canadian Music vol. 2" (1980). Starr Records 15476 (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette - "Marche Monmarquette" (1928).

See also listing at:
Hear the march played on melodeon by Rejean Simard on youtube.com [2]
Hear the 1927 recording by Alfred Montmarquette at the Virtual Gramophone [3]