Acadian Lullaby Arranged By Peter Hudson

I have done a few searches for Peter Hudson and haven’t turned up anything about him as a composer or player. I know that he has done a number of arrangements for the Royal Conservatory series. This leads me to believe he is a native of Canada and works in the system somehow. If anyone knows of any information about him, then I’d be more than happy to have it. But without such information, let’s get to the song presented here, Acadian Lullaby.

Apparently, it is a traditional Acadian melody. What does that mean you ask? Here is the answer from Britannica, “Acadian, a descendant of the French settlers of Acadia (French: Acadie), the French colony on the Atlantic coast of North America in what is now the Maritime Provinces of Canada.” Hence, a traditional tune from these folks.

Publications of Acadian Lullaby

The original melody was featured in a book called Eight Ethnic Folk Songs For Young Children collected by Helen Creighton Melody. However, the arrangement by Hudson only appears, as far as I can tell, in the Royal Conservatory series. Specifically, the Preparatory Repertoire and Etudes.

About The Piece

As mentioned above, this piece falls in the Royal Conservatory Preparatory Level. The key is G major but has a strong emphasis on the D making it a little modal sounding. This piece gives a beginner a nice alternation between playing notes simultaneously with thumb and fingers and alternations. It mixes up quarter and eighth notes regulary. This is mostly due to the melody line.

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