Annotation:Quadrille de Beauharnois

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QUADRILLE DE BEAUHARNOIS. AKA and see "Gigue des touristes (1)," "Reel des touristes." French-Canadian, Jig or Quadrille (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig if from the playing of Quebec fiddler Jospeh Allard (1873-1947), recorded for Victor in Montreal, Canada, in June, 1929. Allard re-recorded the tune in 1936, issued under the pseudonym "Maxime Toupin." The 'A' part of this melody resembles O'Neill's "Miss Blair’s Fancy," but there are not enough similarities to establish a direct association. Allard researcher Jean Duval also compares the tune Cape Breton composer Dan R. Macdonald's "Chanter Jig (The)." As per m. Duval's comment below, compare also with "Lasses of Limerick (2)," published by John Walsh in London in 1754 (or 1756 -- dates vary), which he suggests is an ancestral melody. The first strains of the tunes are quite similar. The second strains are somewhat less so, and although there are some identical three-note sequences, the harmonic structure and the melodic contour of the last for measures of the second strain do not correspond. However, the overall similarity between the two tunes is compelling.

Beauharnois [1] is a town in Quebec, now within the Greater Montreal area.

The jig can be heard played by Métis fiddler Richard Callihoo on the recording "Drops of Brandy and Other Traditional Métis Tunes Disc 1" (2001) where it is titled "French Jig in C."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Billette & Mallette (Québec Folklore vol. 2), 2004; p. 19. Cuillerier (Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon), 1992; p. 12. Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 165. Jean Duval (Le Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 24, p. 13. Joyal (Danses d'ici: Musique Traditionnelle du Québec), 1994; p. 11. Songer & Curley (Portland Collection vol. 3), 2015; p. 168. Tidal Wave Tune Book, 2008; p. 16.

Recorded sources : - Bluebird B-4935-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929). Great Meadow Music, "Tidal Wave/Raz de Marée" (2009). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ‎LM470, Eddie Poirier - "Atlantic Fiddling" (1979). Gabriel Dumont Institute, Richard Callihoo - "Drops of Brandy and Other Traditional Métis Tunes Disc 1" (2001, as "French Jig in 'C'). Philo ‎Fl.2012, Jean Carignan ‎– "Jean Carignan Rend Hommage À Joseph Allard" (1976). Victor 263590-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929). "Les sessions du Vices & Versa: 15e anniversaire" (2021. 2nd tune in "Set de six/huit à neuf heures!").

See also listing at :
Hear Joseph Allard's 1929 recording at Virtual Gramophone [2]

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