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Sheet Music for "Quadrille de Berthier 1ère partie"Quadrille de Berthier 1ère partieReel du sous-marinJig121,324Discography: Victor 263538a (78 RPM), A.J. Bouley (1928)Notes: From the playing of fiddler Arthur-Joseph (A.J.) Boulay (1883-1948),who was born in New Hampshire, but who spent much of his life in Quebec.Transcription: Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz



QUADRILLE DE BERTHIER - 1ÈRE PARTIE.  AKA and see "Galop des frontières" "Galop des pompiers," "Gigue du sous-marin," "Jouée en Fa" (par Vent du Nord), "Reel des dentistes" "Reel du sous-marin."  French-Canadian, Jig or Quadrille (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Boulay researcher Jean Duval finds the tune also in the repertoires of Alfred Montmarquette and Mary Travers ("La Bolduc") as "Galop des frontières" (1930), Isidore Soucy as "Reel des dentists" (1937) and Joseph Allard as "Gigue du sous-marin" (1942). 


Additional notes



Printed sources : -

Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 165.  Duval (La Musique d'Arthur-Joseph Boulay 1883-1948), 2020, No. 19, p. 11. 



Recorded sources : -

Victor 263538a (78 RPM), Arthur-Joseph Boulay (1928)






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