ROSE ALMA POLKA. French-Canadian, Polka (2/4 or cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A polka composed by Québec accordion player and composer Alfred Montmarquette [1] (1871-1944).
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 92, p. 59.
Recorded sources: - Folkways Records – RBF 111/Smithsonian Folkways FWRBF111_206, Alfred Montmarquette - "Masters of French-Canadian Music, vol. 2" (1980). Starr 19026-B (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (c. 1931. Follows "Marche Cécilia"). "Gaston Noet joue...Alfred Montmarquette." Dorothée Hogan – "La Grande Ronde."
See also listing at:
Hear Montmarquette's 1931 recording on youtube.com [2]