Annotation:Gigue de Terrebonne

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GIGUE DE TERREBONNE. AKA - "Reel de Terrebonne." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the repertoire of French-Canadian accordion player Alfred Montmarquette [1] (1871-1944), who is attributed as composer. Terrebonne is a village northeast of Montréal. Montmarquette recorded the tune (as "Gigue de Terrebonne") in Montréal in 1928, back by délard St-Jean on piano. Fiddler Arthur Joseph (A.J.) Boylay recorded a "Reel de Terrebonne" in 1931, but it is a different reel [http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone-bin/Main/ItemDisplay?l=0&l_ef_l=-1&id=853133.453216&v=1&lvl=1&coll=24&rt=1&itm=31392856&rsn=S_WWWyca1YEhgU&all=1&dt=AW+


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - accordion player Raynald Ouellet (Québec) via Dan Compton (Portland, Oregon) [Songer].

Printed sources : - Raz-de-Marée/Tidal Wave Tune Book, 2008; p. 11. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 84.

Recorded sources : - Raz-de-marée - "Raz-de-marée/Tidal Wave." Starr 15453 (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (1928). Thirty Below TB035, G. Labbe, B. Bourque et al - "Hommage a Alfred Montmarquette." Transit TRCD-9501, Gabriel Labbé, Benoît Bourque, Mario Loiselle, Sabin Jacques, Richard Forest - "Hommage à Alfred Montmarquette 1871-1944" (1995).

See also listing at :
Eric Lortie's Identitairs Québécois [2]
The Virtual Gramophone [http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone-bin/Main/ItemDisplay?l=0&l_ef_l=-1&id=853133.453216&v=1&lvl=1&coll=24&rt=1&itm=31398878&rsn=S_WWWyca1YEhgU&all=1&dt=AW+



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