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Allard's father was a violoneux, and, when Allard reached the age of nine, he began formal fiddle instruction. [5] Allard remained in Quebec until the age of sixteen at which time he moved back to the United States. He entered fiddling competitions throughout New England, winning in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Quebec fiddle is a part of the old time fiddle canon and is influential in New England and Northwest fiddle styles. According to Reiner and Anick, [2] the affinity between Anglo-Celtic and French fiddle music dates to the 1600s. Solo style predominated in the rugged frontier land where a small fiddle could be easily managed.
By the 1980s, the contest grew to hosting over 150 fiddlers and eight separate classes. [2] The name of the event changed over the years, from the "Canadian Open Championship Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest," to "The National Fiddle Contest," and more recent returning to a version of the original as the "Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship ...
Jean Carignan, CM (December 7, 1916 – February 16, 1988) was a Canadian fiddler from Quebec.. Carignan was born in Lévis, Quebec, on December 7, 1916, later moving to Sherbrooke and then Trois-Rivières with his family; the family moved to Montreal when Carignan was ten years old. [1]
Quebec fiddle is a part of the Old time fiddle canon and is influential in New England and Northwest fiddle styles. The affinity between Anglo-Celtic and French fiddle music dates to the 1600s. Métis fiddle is the style with which the Métis of Canada and Métis in the northern parts of the US have developed to play the violin in folk ensemble ...
Bill Hensley, Mountain Fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina. Old time (also spelled old-time or oldtime) fiddle is the style of American fiddling found in old-time music.Old time fiddle tunes are derived from European folk dance forms such as the jig, reel, breakdown, schottische, waltz, two-step, and polka.
Several regional competitions and associations help sponsor their provincial representatives to ensure their best fiddlers are sent, including the Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship who award funds to their top three Albertan contestants. The event has become one of the highest honours to be invited to as a Canadian fiddler, with ...
French Canadian music is music derived from that brought by the early French settlers to what is now Quebec and other areas throughout Canada, or any music performed by the French Canadian people. Since the arrival of French music in Canada, there has been much intermixing with the Celtic music of Anglo-Canada.