Annotation:Polka du soleil couchant

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POLKA DU SOLEIL COUCHANT (Sunset Polka). French-Canadian, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was originally recorded by Québec fiddler Fernand Thibault. The periodical Billboard for Sept. 27, 1952, noted the records release.

Source for notated version: transplanted French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux {1898-1982} (Concord, N.H.), who learned it from Fernand Thibault's recording [Miskoe & Paul].

Printed sources: Miskoe & Paul (Omer Marcoux), 1994; p. 44.

Recorded sources: Bluebird Records 57-0205 (45 RPM), Fernand Thibault. RCA Victor Gala, Fernand Thibault - "Fernand Thibault" (196?).



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