Annotation:Valse à Jessie

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VALSE À JESSIE. AKA - "Jessy Waltz," "Valse Jessy." French-Canadian, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB, AA'BB' (Matthiesen). Composed by French-Canadian composer and musician Marcel Messervier (Montmagny, Québec), in honor of his god-daughter, his brother Raymond's child (Marcel and Raymond operate the "Messervier et Freres" music store).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 103, p. 30. Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; p. 27.

Recorded sources: Flying Fish 586, “Trian" (1991)

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