L'Irlande au Québec/Irland in Québec

Ireland in Québec: Songs and Music from the Irish Communities of Valcartier and Shannon in Québec

L’Irlande au Québec: Musique et chansons des communautés irlandaises de Valcartier et de Shannon au Québec

This CD, representative of the enormous contribution of Irish music to Québecois traditional music, was bought at Grosse Ile this summer. Grosse Ile, a small island in the St. Lawrence River, was a quarantine station for British and European immigrants to Canada in the mid- nineteenth century. The CD includes a 65 page, printable, bilingual – French and English - file in PDF format. It can be obtained from;

Project Coordinator Lisa Ornstein
Talencourt Musique
1605 S.E. 27th Avenue.
Portland, OR 97214
USA

From the introduction; Chapter 1 A Brief History of Valcartier and Shannon…………….. 7, 8
Text by Lisa Ornstein
Map of Valcartier-Shannon region……………..……… 9
Chapter 2 Musicians’ Biographies
Keith Corrigan and Jimmy Kelly Biographies………….10 to12
Text by Lisa Ornstein
Short Biographies of Lisa Ornstein, André Marchand
and Nick Hawes ……………..…………………………. 12, 13
Texts by Lisa Ornstein, Guy Bouchard and Nick Hawes
Translation by Laura Sadowsky
Chapter 3 Information about the Tunes and Songs on this CD……14 to 19
Research and text by Lisa Ornstein
Chapter 4 Choreographies of the Valcartier Lancers and Set…… 20 to 26
Transcription and annotation by Nick Hawes
Chapter 5 Song Lyrics…………………………………………..…... 27 to 31
Chapter 6 Music and Dancing in Valcartier
in the Early 20th Century………………………...……… 32 to 34
Text by Bernard Monaghan
Chapter 7 Patrick Corrigan’s Repertoire ………………………..… 35 to 63
27 Musical Transcriptions and Text by Lisa Ornstein
Transcription Typesetting by Christine Fortin

# Posted on August 26th 2008 by JNW

L'Irlande au Québec

I apologise for the confusing listings..Had it all neatly lined up and kept losing it as the page had expired..

The music is very Québecois in feel and sound - fiddle and one-row melodeon (Cajun style accordion) with light guitar accompaniment and some sean nos singing.

# Posted on August 26th 2008 by JNW