Jean Carignan
Encyclopedia
Jean Carignan, 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". He died in Montreal on February 16, 1988 at the age of 71.
Canada
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fiddler
Fiddler
A fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.Fiddler may also refer to:*Fabrangen Fiddlers, an American musical group founded in 1971*Tupolev Tu-28 "Fiddler", a fighter aircraft*Fiddler , a DC Comics villain...
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Born in Lévis, Québec on December 7, 1916. He was a well-known fiddler from Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. 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
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
. In 1974, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
as "the greatest fiddler in North America". He died in Montreal on February 16, 1988 at the age of 71.
Selected discography
- 1960: Old Time Fiddle Tunes played by Jean Carignan (Folkways RecordsFolkways RecordsFolkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987, and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways.-History:...
) - 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 FolkwaysSmithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways...
) - French Canadian Fiddle Songs (Legacy - an Elektra/Everest Production)
Selected filmography
- 1986 Featured in TV series "Down Home" for Channel Four TV made by Pelicula Films, Glasgow
External links
- Jean Carignan at The Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian Encyclopedia is a source of information on Canada. It is available online, at no cost. The Canadian Encyclopedia is available in both English and French and includes some 14,000 articles in each language on a wide variety of subjects including history, popular culture, events, people,...
- Carignan on Folkways
- Jean Carignan at YouTube