Annotation:Peace River Breakdown (The)

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PEACE RIVER BREAKDOWN, THE. AKA - "Reel des vacances." Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Peace River Breakdown" is a popular reel composed by Ernest Couvrette. The Peace River originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta, whose waters empty ultimately into the MacKenzie River. La Famille Soucy recorded a version of the tune as "Reel des vacances" (Vacation Reel).


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Printed sources : - Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 16, p. 17.

Recorded sources : - Apex 26440 (45 RPM), Don Messer (1957). Dominion LP 48007, "La Famille Soucy vous invite à un Garden Party" (1964, as "Reel des vacances"). Dominion LPS 93071, Eleanor Townsend - "Canadian Queen of the Fiddle" (1972). GR 101C, Gerry Robichaud - "More Down East Fiddling" (1992). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Bob McQuillen & Old New England – “Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire” (1999). Whistler's Music ‎CDWM 9860, New England Tradition - "Farewell to the Hollow" (1991).



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