Someone requested that I forward this message. > > Hi Everyone, > Can you help with this inquiry of a fellow listmember on another list? > If yes, please reply directly to Lisa at : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > thank you
> I'm presently revising a manuscript (my M.A. thesis) about the life and > music of Louis "Pitou" Boudreault (1905-1988), a wonderful fiddler and > raconteur who lived his whole life in the Chicoutimi region of Quebec. Mr. > Boudreault was the last of his family to carry on a tradition of music which > had been passed down from his great-uncle Thomas Vaillancourt. His > repertory included family tunes, tunes learned from a family musical friend, > compositions/adaptations, and tunes picked up from radio, recordings, and > print sources. > > Right now I'm slogging through revisions of annotations to the 55 tunes I > transcribed and researched in my original thesis. Since I completed the > thesis in 1985, the internet and computer technology have revolutionized > tune scholarship, with the result that I'm doing quite a lot of rewriting. > > Next week I'll be working on a tune note for Mr. Boudreault's setting of the > tune commonly known as "Vincent's Hornpipe" (akak O'Fenlon's Hornpipe, > Vincent's Hornpipe, St. Vincent's Hornpipe, and Lord St. Vincent). > Pennsylvania fiddle tune scholar Samuel Bayard mentioned a c. 1770 setting > of this tune, titled "The Silver Box > Hornpipe," which apparently is transcribed in Alfred Moffat and Frank > Kidson's _Dances of the Olden Time_. I'm trying to track down a copy > stateside to take a look. > > Meanwhile, if any of you know of the history of this tune, or of early > (pre-1880s) manuscript/printed settings, I'd very much appreciate hearing > from you. > > Cheers, > Lisa > > > > > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
