Annotation:Slip gigue alarie

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X:1 T:Slip gigue alarie M:C| L:1/8 R:Clog Q:"Moderately Quick" N:from the playing of composer & accordionist Alfred N:Montmarquette (1871-1944, Montreal) N:An odd reworking of melodic material from Stephen Foster's N:"Swannee River." D:Starr 15491 (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (1926) D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/15913.mp3 N:http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/virtual-gramophone/Pages/Item.aspx?idNumber=1007649773 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G SB4 B/A/G BA|G2 g2 e/d/e ge|d4 B<dBG|A2 fe (3ded (3cBA| B4 A/G/A BA|G2 g2 e/d/e ge|edBG B2A2|G4- GGFG| A3F D3D|D2zGG2A2|G2(E/F/E) c2E2|DDGA BBGE|DDFE (3DED c>cS||



SLIP GIGUE ALARIE. French-Canadian, Clog (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Slip gigue alarie" is not a slip jig in the Irish sense, but rather is a type of clog dance. Montreal accordionist and composer Alfred Montmarquette (1871-1944) employs melodic material from American songwriter Stephen Foster's "Swannee River" as the basis for his piece.

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Recorded sources: -Starr 15491 (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette (1926).

See also listing at:
Hear Alfred Montmarquette's 1926 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]



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