Annotation:Reel des petits chiens

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REEL DES PETITS CHIENS (Little dogs' reel). AKA and see "2ème partie du Set carré à Pitou Boudreault," "Bunch of Keys (1)," "Flowers of Limerick (1) (The)," "Gigue des tricoteuses," "Gigue irlandaises (2)," "Paddy on the Turnpike (1)," "Reel de la bombarde," "Reel du plombier". French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Reel des petits chiens" was recorded in Montreal in 1926 by fiddler Antonio Gauthier" (1899-1927). It is a fairly faithful version of the Irish reel that goes by several titles, including "Bunch of Keys (1),"

"Flowers of Limerick (1) (The)," and "Paddy on the Turnpike (1),"

although variants and derivatives were also well-known to American fiddlers in the 19th century. Gauthier's version is distinguished by a ninth measure in the second strain, rather than the usual eight. As Ethnomusicologist Jean Duval points out, Gauthier played bowed triplets in both strains of the tune, usually considered an Irish ornament and not typical of early Quebecois 78 RPM recordings.

There were several Quebecois versions of the reel recorded in the 78 RPM era, including Isidore Soucy's "Gigue irlandaises (2)" recorded a year before Gauthier's recording^[1], and J.O. La Madeleine's and Jospeh Allard's "Reel du plombier" issued separately in 1929. See also A.J. Boulay's "Reel de la bombarde," and Louis "Pitou" Boudreault's "2ème partie du Set carré à Pitou Boudreault."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Antonio Gauthier [Duval].

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (Huit violoneux québécois méconus de la période 1922 à 1935), 2022

Recorded sources : - Starr 15257a (78 RPM), Antonio Gauthier (1926).

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↑ Duval notes that Soucy recorded the tune again in 1927 under the title "Gigue des tricoteuses."

[1] Duval notes that Soucy recorded the tune again in 1927 under the title "Gigue des tricoteuses."

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