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Annotation:Père Allard (Le)
X:1 T:Père Allard, Le M:2/2 L:1/8 B:J.A. Boucher – “Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (1933, No. 47, p. 29) B:“Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (Nouvelle édition 2018 par Jean Duval) [1] K:Bb FGA|B3B BFBd|c3c cGce|dcBd cBAc|BcdB FGAF| B3B BFBd|c3c cGce|dcBd cBAc|1 B2d2B:|2 B2d2B2|| |:FE|DFBF dBFD|EGcG ecGc|FAcA ecAc|BdcB AGFE| DFBF dBFD|EGcG ecGc|FAcA ecA|2 B2d2B2:|2 B2d2 B||
PÈRE ALLARD, LE (Father Allard). AKA and see:"Constitution Hornpipe (1)," "Cultivateur (Le)," "Farmer's Reel (3)," "Flat Boat," "Jinrikisha," "Lone Appendicitis," "Reel de la traverse," "Reel du cultivateur." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Boucher researcher Jean Duval finds the tune entered as "Lone Appendicitis" in Boucher's 1927 music manuscript collection, the precursor to his 1933 printed volume, and finds the same tune and title in Harding's Original Collection of 1928 (a reissue of an earlier Harding edition). The "Père Allard" title, suggests Duval, may be associated with Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard's 1928 recording of the tune (under the title "Reel du cultivateur"), and he speculates that Boucher may have had personal acquaintance with the prolific recording artist Allard, given the familiarity the title implies.
