X: 1
T:La Belle \'Epoque
M:4/4
Q:360
R:reel
C:Marcel Messervier, Sr.
N:transcribed from the anthology "Accordeons diatoniques"
S:panda_baerchen <adh16:columbia.edu> QueTrad 2003-2-25
K:D
|: f3fe2(3dfd | A2 A/2d/2A/2d/2 AB AG | F2A2d2f2 | g4 e3e |
g2f2e2 (3dfd | cc cA cz (3BcB || (3AdA FG (3BcB (3AdA | FG AB (3AdA (3FAd |
| f3fe2(3dfd | A2 A/2d/2A/2d/2 AB AG | F2A2d2f2 | g4 e3e |
| g2f2e2 (3dfd | cc cA cz (3BcB |1 AB (3cBA ge cd | df ec (3dfd (3FAd :|
|2 AB (3cBA ge (3cdc | df ec d2 d'd' ||: bg dg bc' d'b | af (3dfd Ad fa |
ga ge cA Bc | (3dfd cd ba fd | bg dg bc' d'b | af (3dfd Ad fa |
| ga ge cA Bc |1 df ec d2 d'd' :|2 df ec (3dfd (3FAd |] y4 y4 y4 y4 y4 y4 y4 y4 y4 y4 y4 y4
Marcel Messervier. Collection of the Carrefour mondial de l’accordéon. Photograph, 1990BELLE ÉPOQUE, LA. French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB': AA'AA"BB' (Demers). "La Belle époque" was composed by diatonic accordion maker and accordionist Marcel Messervier (born 1934, Montmagny) as a kind of homage to his father, Joseph, also an accordion player. Marcel constructed his first accordion at the age of eight for a school exam, building a small (8 x 4) box out of cardboard (for the bellows) and a couple of steel strips caged from his father. His mature accordions are much prized instruments.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Olivier Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l’Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 31.
Recorded sources : - St. John's, NL, Canada : Research Center for the Study of Music, Media, & Place, Memorial University, Marcel Messervier - "Bellow & bows: historic recordings of traditional fiddle & accordion music from across Canada/Soufflets & archets: enregistrements historiques de musique tradtionelle pour violon et accordéon du Canada" (2012. Various artists)
