Annotation:Anne Marie's Reel

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X:1 T:Anne Marie's Reel L:1/8 M:C| S:Caremelle Begin - from a transcription of Ontario fiddler Dawson Girdwood K:A A2|:A,>CE>A c>BA>c|e>ag>a f>ae>c|d>Bg>f e>dc>B|A>e^d>f e2e2| A,>CE>A c>BA>c|e>ag>a f>ae>c|d>Bg>f e>dc>B|A>c (3BcB A2:| K:E |:(B>A)|GBeB ceBe|gebe gbeg|(3fgf df afdf|egfe dcBA|GBeB ceBe| gebe gbeg|(3fgf df afdf|1{g/}fe e2 e2:|2 {g/}fe e2 A,2||

ANNE MARIE'S REEL. AKA - "Le Reel Anne-Marie." Canadian (originally), American; Reel. Canada; New Brunswick, Ontario. A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). AA'BB (Phillips): AABB' (Bégin). The reel, which is sometimes erroneously attributed to Canadian radio and TV fiddler Don Messer, was (according to Peter Corfield) composed by New Brunswick fiddler Eloi LeBlanc (1909-1978), known variously as the "Acadian Paganini', “The Fiddler of Memramcook Valley”, and "Grandfather of the Acadien Fiddle". Curiously, the exact title does not appear on Eloi's only commercial recording, his eponymous 1977 LP, although the very close "Ann Murray's Reel" is cut B8.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Don Cameron [Phillips]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario), who learned the tune from Canadian 'Down East' fiddling exponent Don Messer [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 36, p. 48. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 16.

Recorded sources : - Apex AL-500, "Don Messer And His Islanders – Volume 1" (1953). Apex AL -1602, Don Messer And His Islanders – "Down East Dancin' With Don Messer And His Islanders Vol. 2" (1957). London Records SDS 5139, Ti-Blanc Richard – "Le Folklore à Son Meilleur à La Canadienne" (1973). Gwazigan – "Y'Avait Du Monde" (2000).

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