Turlutte (music)

In Quebec, the turlutte is a form of traditional popular song,[1] which is associated with specific melody ornaments.[2] It is more accurately characterized as a song or vocal style in the French chanson tradition. It is associated particularly working class or trade union tradition in the Canadian encyclopedia.[3] These include the following:

Quebec popular music

A skilled proponent of the turlutte is La Bolduc, whose satirical and sometimes racy songs were based on the Quebec and Irish folk traditions. She is considered an expert turlutte.

Song

Turlutte is also the name of a fiddle tune in Quebec. It lends itself well to group playing and percussive use of feet and hands, as in the performance at Kyneton, central Victoria,where the Celtic Southern Cross Summer School produced this ethnomusicologically notableclip.[4] It has also been rendered on guitar.[5]

See also

Canadian music Entry on French Wikipedia

References


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