Annotation:Collegians' March

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X:1 T:Marche des collégiens M:2/4 L:1/8 R:March C:Alfred Montmarquette D:Starr 19034-B (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (1931) K:D DF Ad|fa/f/ ef/e/|de/d/ c/e/c/B/|A3 F |DF Ad|fa/f/ ef/e/| df/d/ c/B/c/d/|e3A|AA ce|gg/g/ f/a/f|e/g/e f/a/f/d/|c3B| A3B|1 cg Bg|f4:|2 cg Bc|d3f|:af b>b|a3A|AB/c/ d/f/e/f/| d2 ce|ge af|g3c|1 c/d/f/a/ g/a/f/d/|e2 df:|2 c/d/f/a/ g/c/e/c/|d3E||

COLLEGIANS' MARCH (Marche des Collégiens). AKA and see "Marche des Forges." French-Canadian, March (2/4 time). B Flat Major (Carlin): C Major (Begin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (Carlin): AA'BB'A"A"' (Bégin). The tune was recorded under the title "Marche des Forges" by the great French-Canadian accordion player and composer Alfred Montmarquette (1877-1944) in November, 1929 (released in 1930).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - French-Canadian button accordion player Philippe Bruneau (Quebec) [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Philippe Bruneau), 1993; No. 7, p. 15. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; p. 62, No. 98.

Recorded sources : - Starr 19034-B (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (1931, as "Marche des Collégiens). Transit TRCD-9501, Gabriel Labbé, Benoît Bourque, Mario Loiselle, Sabin Jacques, Richard Forest - "Hommage à Alfred Montmarquette 1871-1944" (1995). Victor 15659 (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (1930, as "Marche des Forges").

See also listing at :
Hear Montmarquette's 1930 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]
Hear Montmarquette's 1931 Starr recording at the Internet Archive [2]

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