Annotation:Quadrille des ancêtres 2e figure

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QUADRILLE DES ANCÊTRES (2e figure). French-Canadian, Quadrille (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the repertoire of fiddler Ididore Soucy [1] (1899-1963), who recorded the quadrille set in Montréal in December, 1930. The recording was released on the Star label the following year. Soucy, originally from Ste-Blandine (near Rimouski), Quebec, was a renowned fiddler in the mid-20th century, famous for his radio and TV broadcasts, although he retained a rustic playing style.

The first strain of Soucy's "Quadrille des ancêtres 2e figure" is nearly identical with the Irish polka "Mrs. Crowley's" (AKA "Mrs. Frank's," "Not for Joe (4)"). "Quadrille des ancêtres 2e figure" has also been set in 6/8 time.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; pp. 169-170 (duple and 6/8 time versions). Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962), 2017; No. 16, p. 80. Songer & Curley (Portland Collection vol. 3), 2015; p. 169.

Recorded sources : - A-L 001, Lisa Ornstein & André Marchand – “One Fine Summer’s Day/Par un beau Samedi d’ été” (2009). Starr 15786b (78 RPM), Isidore Soucey (1931).

See also listing at :
Eric Lortie's Identitairs Québécois [2]
Virtual Gramophone [3]
Hear Soucy's 1931 recording on Virtual Gramophone [4]
See/hear fiddler Lisa Ornstein play the tune on youtube.com [5]

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