Annotation:Mère Blanche (La)
X:1 T:Mère Blanche, La T:White Mother, The N:From the playing of Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal, Quebec). N:The tune is a 'crooked' version of the Irish jig "Larry O'Gaff." M:C| L:1/8 R:Jig D:Victor Records 263548 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1928). D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/12575.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D |:def|gdB {c}BAG|Bdd dBG|cec BdB|[M:9/8]AFA ABc efg| [M:6/8]gdB {c}BAG|Bdd dBG|cec BdB|[M:9/8]AcA G2B :|| |:def|[M:6/8]{a}gfg faf |d2d def[M:9/8]|g2g a2a gbb | [M:6/8]gbg faf|ege dBG|cec BdB |[M:9/8]AcA G2B :|
MÈRE BLANCHE, LA (White Mother, The). AKA and see "Gigue de la Débauche," "Larry O'Gaff (1)," "Quadrille de Ste-Julie," "Reel de la débauche," "Reel de la main blanche." Canadian, Jig (6/8 & 9/8 time). Canada, Quebec. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "LaMère Blanche" is Montreal fiddler biography:Joseph Allard's first version of the Irish jig well-known as "Larry O'Gaff (1)." Allard's version is 'crooked' or irregularly metered, but an interesting deviation from the usual 6/8 tune. He later recorded the tune as "Gigue de la Débauche" in 1937, on the Bluebird label. Allard researcher Jean Duval points out that Allard also released a 'square' or symmetrical version of the same tune that same year under the similar title "Reel de la débauche" (Bluebird B-1107a). Duval also finds recorded versions in duple time by Isidore Soucy issued as "Quadrille de Ste-Julie" and "Canadian Set" in 1936, and by the group La Bottoine Souriante as "Reel de la main blanche"[1].
- ↑ Jean Duval, La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947, 2018, p. 67.