Jean Carignan
| Jean Carignan | |
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 Carignan playing the fiddle |
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| Born | December 7, 1916 |
| Died | February 16, 1988 (aged 71) |
| Instruments | Fiddle |
Jean Carignan, CM (December 7, 1916 – February 16, 1988) was a Canadian fiddler.
Born in Lévis, Québec on December 7, 1916. He was a well-known fiddler from Quebec. Joseph Allard, Michael Coleman, and J. Scott Skinner are all brilliant traditional fiddlers whose music Carignan studied. Carignan was a friend of famous violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. In 1974, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada as "the greatest fiddler in North America".[1] He died in Montreal on February 16, 1988 at the age of 71.
In 1976, The Folk Music Sourcebook wrote about Carignan : Carignan's technique is amazing, but more so the joy and energy with which he applies it. There are few players in any music who reach his degree of virtuosity without sacrificing feeling or originality'. As a fiddler, he was always aiming for the strictest authenticity in his executions, displaying an attitude of absolute rigor when playing his repertoire of 7000 pieces learned from Coleman, Skinner, Allard, Wellie Ringuette and many others.
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[edit] Selected discography
- 1960: Old Time Fiddle Tunes played by Jean Carignan (Folkways Records)
- 1961: Alan Mills and Jean Carignan: Songs, Fiddle Tunes and a Folk-Tale from Canada (Folkways)
- 1973: Jean Carignan (Philo)
- 1976: Jean Carignan rend hommage a Joseph Allard (Philo)
- 1977: Jean Carignan Plays the Music of - Joue La Musique De Coleman, Morrison & Skinner (Philo)
- 1987: Gigue A Deux (Radio Canada International)
- 2006: Classic Canadian Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)
- French Canadian Fiddle Songs (Legacy - an Elektra/Everest Production)
[edit] Selected filmography
- 1986 Featured in TV series "Down Home" for Channel Four TV made by Pelicula Films, Glasgow
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Jean Carignan at the Internet Movie Database
- Jean Carignan at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Carignan on Folkways
- Jean Carignan at YouTube
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