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Joseph Allard, fiddler and composer (1873-1947)
![Photograph of Joseph Allard, holding a fiddle, circa 1927](/web/20070516161107im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f1/nlc002635-v3.jpg) Source |
Joseph Allard with a fiddle, circa 1927 |
For the biography of Joseph Allard, please consult the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/.
![Photograph of Allard with his daughter and a friend, 1930](/web/20070516161107im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f1/nlc002636-v2.jpg) Source |
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![Photograph of Allard and his wife, 1929](/web/20070516161107im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f1/nlc002637-v2.jpg) Source |
Allard (left), with his daughter and a friend, 1930 |
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Allard and his wife, 1929 |
![Photograph of Allard with Johnny Boivin, A.-S. Lavallée, Médard Bourgie and Ferdinand Boivin](/web/20070516161107im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f1/nlc002633-v2.jpg) Source |
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![Photograph of an older Joseph Allard, seated, playing the fiddle](/web/20070516161107im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f1/nlc002640-v2.jpg) Source |
Allard (far left) was one of the five fiddlers that represented Quebec at the world contest in Lewiston, Maine, in April 1926. Pictured with him are (left to right): Johnny Boivin, A.-S. Lavallée, Médard Bourgie and Ferdinand Boivin |
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Joseph Allard with a fiddle, taken towards the end of his life |
For more information on Joseph Allard's recordings, please consult the Virtual Gramophone database.
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