French Cafe tunes wanted:

[rgp1942]

I'm looking for accordion music (with chords) for the following tunes. Preferably in the key of C.
+ "Enchante"
+ "C'est tout"

Thanks for whatever help you can provide!

 

[godgi]

There is a french website it has the word. "particion" it's subscription based unfortunately. You could seRch there otherwise it's about detective work. Lovely sounding pieces by the way thanks for sharing.
Godgi

 

[rgp1942]

OK, thanks. ["particion" french music] does not turn up anything on Google.

I've done extensive web searching. A person on accordion-scores.com is sending me C'est tout in A. But I can' find any score for Enchante. I'm beginning to think it must have another name, as "folk" music usually does. It has such a great melody I'd be surprised if there is no notation for it somewhere.

 

[lmschgo]

OK, thanks. ["particion" french music] does not turn up anything on Google.

I've done extensive web searching. A person on accordion-scores.com is sending me C'est tout in A. But I can' find any score for Enchante. I'm beginning to think it must have another name, as "folk" music usually does. It has such a great melody I'd be surprised if there is no notation for it somewhere.

Enchante By Russell Olesh - Digital Sheet Music For Score - Download & Print A0.882679 | Sheet Music Plus

www.sheetmusicplus.com

 

[rgp1942]

Thanks, but this is a different tune. The one I'm looking for is the French Cafe/Musette version linked to above.

 

[SergeRbt]

Hello,
I believe you mean "partition" as I do not know the word "particion" in French.
a "partition' is a "score" ;-)

 

[godgi]

Partitions-accordeon.com : 66702 partitions à télécharger au format pdf et 56814 membres

Partitions-accordeon.com, c’est le site des accordéonistes ! Avec 66702 partitions d’accordéon chromatique et diatonique à télécharger au format pdf et 56814 membres

www.partitions-accordeon.com

 

[wirralaccordion]

OK, thanks. ["particion" french music] does not turn up anything on Google.

I've done extensive web searching. A person on accordion-scores.com is sending me C'est tout in A. But I can' find any score for Enchante. I'm beginning to think it must have another name, as "folk" music usually does. It has such a great melody I'd be surprised if there is no notation for it somewhere.

Do you know who wrote it?

 

[JeffJetton]

I've done extensive web searching. A person on accordion-scores.com is sending me C'est tout in A. But I can' find any score for Enchante. I'm beginning to think it must have another name, as "folk" music usually does. It has such a great melody I'd be surprised if there is no notation for it somewhere.

Not so sure that it is folk music. Sounds fairly "modern" (i.e., within the past 75 years or so).

It is unusually tough tracking down any info on this song, or even the album or band. The YouTube video for it says it was provided by "Orchard Enterprises" and the copyright is MusicMasters.

So I looked up MusicMasters on Wikipedia. Apparently they were a real record label that sold albums via mail-order in the '80s and '90s. In 2008, Orchard--who only deals with digital/streaming music--bought up the rights to put the old MusicMasters stuff online everywhere. My guess is that, if this ever was a real album at some point, Orchard has renamed it (and maybe the group too). Which would explain why it only seems to show up on Spotify and YouTube, and not a trace on AllMusic or Discogs.

Anyway, this is why I always champion trying to figure songs out by ear and working on developing the skills required to do so. There are some cases where the sheet music either impossible or very difficult to find (or absurdly expensive if found). Your ears, combined with notation software like MusicScore, are a great source of unlimited free sheet music!

 

[JeffJetton]

The plot thickens... the album did in fact appear under a different name! Here are a couple of slightly different versions of it on Discogs:

Jack Emblow & The Paris Musette - The Music Of France

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "The Music Of France" on Discogs.

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Various - The Music Of France

Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for The Music Of France by Various. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Viewing the images to read the liner notes reveals that Enchante was written by someone named "D. Long". He or she also wrote two other tunes on the records: D'Accord and Promenade a Montmarte.

The first version credits most of the tracks to "Jack Emblow and the Paris Musette". He's a British accordionist who has played with practically everyone, including the Beatles! He retired in 2016.

No leads beyond that, I'm afraid.

 

[jozz]

you could try importing the audio into AnthemScore - see what it comes up with

I've had decent results in the past for things like this

the Free trial will give you XML or midi file to work with / enhance, and turn it into PDF

 

[rgp1942]

Thanks everyone for the info. I did import it into Anthem and got notation, but it will take a lot of intensive editing to get it down to a lead sheet.