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'''FIDDLER'S CONTEST, THE''' ("Comortus na | |f_annotation='''FIDDLER'S CONTEST, THE''' ("Comortus na fidileiride" or "Coim-seasam na beidleadoir"). AKA and see "[[Crooked Leg Reel]]." Irish, American; Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Frank Claudy remarks the tune was a favorite of influential Bronx accordion player Sean McGlynn. Galway-born Bronx resident and fluter Jack Coen recorded it with his brother, cleric Charlie Coen on their 1977 album. | ||
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Despite the tune's circulation among Irish and Irish-American musicians, the provenance is American. Researcher Fr. John Quinn finds "The Fiddler's Contest" to be the first and third strains of American minstrel and variety performer [[wikipedia:George H. Coes]]' (1828-1897) composition "[[Crooked Leg Reel]]," printed in his '''Coes Album of Jigs and Reels''' (New York, 1876, p. 38). | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version="Cronin" [O'Neill]. Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin, born in Limerick Junction, County Tipperary, in the 1840's, was the source for many tunes in the O'Neill collections. He was a superb fiddler, although a somewhat difficult personality. | |||
'' | |f_printed_sources=O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 200. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1711, p. 318. O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 901, p. 154. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Green Linnet SIF 3067, Jack and Charlie Coen - "The Branch Line" (1992. Reissue of Topic 12TS337). Topic 12TS337, Jack and Charlie Coen - "The Branch Line" (1977. Learned from Paddy O'Brien). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/624/]<br> | |||
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/624/]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f03.htm#Fidco]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f03.htm#Fidco]<br> | ||
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FIDDLER'S CONTEST, THE ("Comortus na fidileiride" or "Coim-seasam na beidleadoir"). AKA and see "Crooked Leg Reel." Irish, American; Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Frank Claudy remarks the tune was a favorite of influential Bronx accordion player Sean McGlynn. Galway-born Bronx resident and fluter Jack Coen recorded it with his brother, cleric Charlie Coen on their 1977 album.
Despite the tune's circulation among Irish and Irish-American musicians, the provenance is American. Researcher Fr. John Quinn finds "The Fiddler's Contest" to be the first and third strains of American minstrel and variety performer wikipedia:George H. Coes' (1828-1897) composition "Crooked Leg Reel," printed in his Coes Album of Jigs and Reels (New York, 1876, p. 38).
