Alfred MontmarquetteCLOG DE WILLIAM DURETTE. AKA - "William Durette's Clog." AKA and see "Champagne Clog," "Tomorrow Morning Hornpipe." French-Canadian, Clog (cut time). A Major: B Flat Major (Carlin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is Montreal accordion player Alfred Montmarquette's reworking of Champagne Clog<div class="mw-ext-score" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/m/z/mzbyvb8i4vucdzq685wfap42yxiitss/mzbyvb8i.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/m/z/mzbyvb8i4vucdzq685wfap42yxiitss/mzbyvb8i.png" width="697" height="62" alt="
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Additional notes
Printed sources : - Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 104, p. 65.
Recorded sources : - Folkways RBF 111, "Masters of French Canadian Music 2: Alfred Montmarquette, accordion" (1980). Old Hat Music OH!02, "The Old Hat Dance Band" (1992). Star 15775 (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette, Adelard St-Jean, La Bolduc (1931).
See also listing at : Hear Montmarquette's 1931 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]
See versions/discussion at the session.org [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]
