Joseph Allard - Masters Of French Canadian Dances flac album

Joseph Allard, called "Prince of the Fiddlers," was born near Montréal in 1873 and learned the rudiments of his art from his father, also a brilliant fiddler. Allard's "light and supple bowing, coupled with matchless fingering" won him honors and fame, and he recorded the spirited sides presented here between 1928 and 1933. 101. Reel du Pecheur - Fisherman's Reel.

Joseph Allard, fiddler, composer, born in Woodland, Maine, 1 Feb 1873, died near Montreal 14 Nov 1947. The son of a fiddler, he was taken as a child to Quebec and at nine began fiddling. He returned to the USA at 16 and during the next 28 years won fiddling championships in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Returning to Canada ca 1917, he eventually settled in Ville St-Pierre, near Montreal.

Joseph Allard (December 31, 1910 – May 3, 1991), a native of Lowell, MA, was a professor of saxophone and clarinet at the Juilliard School, the New England Conservatory, the Manhattan School of Music, as well as adjunct positions at many other schools. He succeeded ist Vincent J. Abato at Juilliard and was the saxophone instructor there from the 1956-57 school year until the end of the 1983–84 year. He was the first saxophonist with the NBC staff orchestra in New York City

Joseph Mallord William Turner is often described as the 19th century's greatest landscape painter ) . Joseph Mallord William Turner. Romanticism is sometimes viewed as a reaction to its more serious predecessor, the Neoclassical movement. Like most artists, Turner was heavily influenced by the masters that came before him. After closely studying the techniques of fellow Romantic landscape artists, both John Robert Cozens and Richard Wilson, Turner began to develop his own unique style. He spent time studying at the Louvre, viewing the work of other artists and honing in on his craft.

Songs of French Canada. CD ROUN 026. Cormier, Joseph. The Dances Down Home. An Historical Album of Blackfoot Indian Music.

Joseph Allard (February 1, 1873 – November 14, 1947) was a Canadian fiddler and composer. He occasionally recorded under the pseudonym Maxime Toupin. Allard made many popular recordings, including Reel de l'Aveugle, Reel de Chateauguay, Reel de Jacques Cartier, and Reel du voyageur. During most of his life he was rarely in the public eye, and worked much of his life as a fisherman. After his recordings became popular, he was known as The Prince of Fiddlers.