Gaspe Reel - D MajorReeli

:	D	D	G	A
	D	D	G	AD	:
:	A	D	A	G
	A	D	G	GAD	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Canada - Quebec

This tune was named for Québec's Gaspé Peninsula to the south of the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. There is also a three-part version of it, with the C part based on Money Musk.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Gasp%C3%A9_Reel_(1)

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/3767

Onion Reel - G MajorReeli

:	G	CAm	DC	BmEm
	G	CAm	D	G	:
:	G	C	D	G
	G	C	D	G

Tune Information

Author: Joseph Allard

Origin: Canada - Quebec

This tune was written by Joseph Allard (1873-1947), who was born in Châteauguay in Quebec but also lived in New England for 30 years. Some of his recordings were made under the pseudonym Maxime Toupin. Although he was a brilliant fiddler that won many awards, he often worked as a fisherman to make a living.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Reel_des_oignons_(1)

Ref: http://www.mustrad.udenap.org/bios/Allard_Joseph.htm

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allard_(fiddler)

Saint Anne's Reel (Reel des Esquimaults) - D MajorReeli

:	D	D	G	A
	D	D	GA	D	:
:	D	G	A	D
	D	Em	A	D	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Canada - Quebec

This tune was first recorded by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) in 1930 as Reel des Esquimaults (Reel of the Eskimos). There is no proof of the tune's exact origins and there are many places named after St. Anne in French Canada, including some associated with Eskimos. However, researcher Jean Duval believes the title refers to the municipality of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue at the western end of the island of Montreal. St. Anne was the grandmother of Jesus, and is credited for many healing miracles, including at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré near Quebec City, which has several relics of the saint and is one of the most significant Catholic pilgrimage sites in North America. The importance of St. Anne in French Canadian culture certainly makes it possible that the tune was named not for a place, but for the saint herself.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:St._Anne%27s_Reel

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/103

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,_Quebec

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr%C3%A9

Ref: https://sanctuairesainteanne.org/en

Old French - D MajorReeli

:	D	D	A	D
	D	D	A	D	:
:	A	A	G	A
	A	A	G	A	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Canada - Quebec

The original provenance of this tune is in Québécois repertoire, where it was recorded in 1929 by Sotère Mongrain (fiddle) and Ida Mongrain (piano) under the title "Reel de St-Tite." The tune was also in Maritime fiddler Don Messer's "Down-East" repertoire, as Rambler's Hornpipe. The Old French title supposedly came from a remark by an old Vermont fiddler who was asked its title and responded that it was "just an old French tune."

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Old_French

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/1296

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