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REEL DE CHARNY. French-Canadian, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Reel de Charny" was recorded in 1938 by fiddler Jos. Bouchard (1905-1979) and named for a neighborhood in the town of Lévis, to the east of Québec city on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Additional notes
Recorded sources : - Bluebird B-1163-A (78 RPM), Jos. Bouchard (1938). GAGCD-26421, "Aimé Gagnon violoneux d'origine" (1997). Philo FI 2002l, "Henri Landry, violoneux des cantons de l'Est/Henri Landry, fiddler from the Eastern Townships" (1975). Jean-Louis Leduc - "Hommage à Jos Bouchard" (2006).
See also listing at :
Hear Jos. Bouchard's 1938 recording on youtube.com [1], at the Virtual Gramophone [2], and at the Public Domain database [3]
See Pascal Gemme's blog entry on the tune [4]
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