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'''KITTY MAGENNIS'''. Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Sullivan (1958) says that "it appears from the words that Kitty Magennis was a daughter of Arthur Magennis. In all probability he was the neighbour of Maguire of Tempo to whose place Maguire suggested Carolan that they should ride over for dinner; but Carolan demurred on the ground that he wished to go to Alderford." | '''KITTY MAGENNIS'''. Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turlough_O%27Carolan] (1670-1738). O'Sullivan (1958) says that "it appears from the words that Kitty Magennis was a daughter of Arthur Magennis. In all probability he was the neighbour of Maguire of Tempo to whose place Maguire suggested Carolan that they should ride over for dinner; but Carolan demurred on the ground that he wished to go to Alderford." | ||
[[File:carolan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Turlough O'Carolan]] | |||
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''Source for notated version'': John Mulholland's '''Collection of Ancient Irish Airs''' ( | ''Source for notated version'': John Mulholland's '''Collection of Ancient Irish Airs''' [https://urresearch.rochester.edu/institutionalPublicationPublicView.action?institutionalItemId=10258] (Belfast, 1810) [O'Sullivan]. There were no accidentals in Mulholland's setting (i.e. G mixolydian), and it was altered to the dorian mode by O'Sullivan. | ||
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''Printed sources'': '''Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes''', 1984; No. 94, p. 73. O'Sullivan ('''Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper'''), 1958; No. 94, p. 151. | ''Printed sources'': '''Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes''', 1984; No. 94, p. 73. Mulholland ('''Ancient Irish Airs'''), 1810; p. 31. O'Sullivan ('''Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper'''), 1958; No. 94, p. 151. | ||
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KITTY MAGENNIS. Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan [1] (1670-1738). O'Sullivan (1958) says that "it appears from the words that Kitty Magennis was a daughter of Arthur Magennis. In all probability he was the neighbour of Maguire of Tempo to whose place Maguire suggested Carolan that they should ride over for dinner; but Carolan demurred on the ground that he wished to go to Alderford."
Source for notated version: John Mulholland's Collection of Ancient Irish Airs [2] (Belfast, 1810) [O'Sullivan]. There were no accidentals in Mulholland's setting (i.e. G mixolydian), and it was altered to the dorian mode by O'Sullivan.
Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 94, p. 73. Mulholland (Ancient Irish Airs), 1810; p. 31. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 94, p. 151.
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