Breakdown La Louisiane

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 Theme code Index    5H5H5H 3H3H5H
 Also known as    Louisiana Breakdown
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Cajun/Creole
 Meter/Rhythm    Waltz/Valse/Vals
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    USA(Deep South)
 Structure    AABB(Vocal)AB(Vocal)ABB(Vocal)AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Raymond François
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ye Yaille Chere!
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 56-57
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1990
 Artist    Biography:Walker Brothers (The)
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Old Timey Records OT-108
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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BREAKDOWN LA LOUISIANE (Louisiana Breakdown). Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB(Vocal)AB(Vocal)ABB(Vocal)AB. Raymond Francois (1990) finds related songs to include Dennis McGee's and Sady Courville's "Valse à Kathleen", Carrie "Mignonne" Royer Miller's "Valse des Grands Bois (1)," Shirley Bergeron's "Valse de la Belle," Dennis McGee's and Sady Courville's "Valse de l'Anse Maigre," Will Kegley's "Valse à Will Kegley," Joseph Falcon's "Pocheville" (a mixture of "Tolan Waltz" in the turn, or 'B' part, and "Valse des Grands Bois" in the tune or 'A' part), and "Valse de Crowley."

Source for notated version: Walker Brothers (La.) [Francois].

Printed source: Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pp. 56-57.

Recorded source: Old Timey Records OT-108, The Walker Brothers.


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