Annotation:Bride of the Wind
X: 0 T:Bride of the Wind B:Robert P. Christeson, The Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory, No. 182 S:Uncle Bob Walters (1896-1960), Nebraska L: 1/8 M: 6/8 Z: ABC by Joel Shimberg from Christeson's notation. K: D %Transposed from C V:1 clef=treble name="0." [V:1] f/2g/2 | a^ga baf | dcB A2 d | cde B2 c | dcB A2 a| a^ga baf | dcB A2 d | cde B2 c | [d3F3][d2F] :| |:F/2G/2 |A^GA d2 c | BGB e2 d | caa a^ga | bag f2 A | A^GA d2 c | BGB e2 d | caa baf |[d3 f3][d2f2]:|
BRIDE OF THE WIND(S). AKA and see "Anoy's Jig," "Quadrille (28)." Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Jarman): AA'AA'BB'BB' (Phillips). The composition was credited to Canadian fiddler Jim Magill in Jarman's 1944 (Anglo-)Canadian publication; however, the tune had been recorded by French-Canadian fiddler Joseph Bouchard as the first part of his "Lancier Bouchard Premiere Partie" in 1938. Even earlier, in 1924, a version was recorded by Michigan fiddler biography:John A. Pattee (b. 1844) as the 1st change in his "Old Catville Quadrille" (a 1924 recording that can be heard at [1]). The first strain is very similar to "Bride of the Wind" but the second differs. It also appears under the title "Anoy's Jig" in Don Messer's repertoire, although Messer and his group also recorded Magill's "Bride of the Wind". It is related (set in 2/4 time) to "Whalen's Breakdown" which Messer popularized during his career. Versions of the melody appear as an untitled quadrille tune in R.P. Christeson's Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1 (1973, No. 182, p. 130) and in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (No. 523).
The title is the English translation of the German phrase die Windsbraut, used to refer to a storm or tempest.
