Annotation:Reel de minuit

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REEL DE MINUIT (Midnight Reel). French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Reel de minuit" is from the repertoire of Montreal fiddler biography:Joseph Allard [1] (1873-1947), recorded in 1929 for the Victor label. Researcher Jean Duval believes it may be one of his own compositions. Ten years later it was recorded by another Montreal fiddler, biography:J.O. LaMadeleine (1880-1973) for Starr Records. A version of the reel that predates Allard's "Reel de minuit" was recorded as "Le mistigris" in Montreal in 1926 (Starr 15297A) by the accordion duo of Adélard LeBrun (1877-1931) and his wife (1868-1953, whose first name does not appear on the label). A 'mistigris' was a dance, like a play-party dance, in Québec in the early 20th century.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 18. Duval (La musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1847), 2018; No. 31, p. 16.

Recorded sources : - Starr 16307-B (78 RPM), J.O. LaMadeleine (1939). Victor 263613-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1929). Raz de Marée/Tidal Wave - "Marche du St-Lauren" (2010).

See also listing at :
Hear Allard's 1929 recording on youtube.com [2]
Hear J.O. LaMadeleine's 1939 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [3][4]
Hear "Le mistigris" by M. and Mme. LeBrun at the Virtual Gramophone [5]

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