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|f_annotation='''SPELLAN'S FIDDLE''' (Fidil Ui Spealain). AKA - "Spillane's Fiddle." AKA and see “[[Cora Donn (An)]],” “[[Gahan's | |f_annotation='''SPELLAN'S FIDDLE''' (Fidil Ui Spealain). AKA - "Spillane's Fiddle." AKA and see “[[Cora Donn (An)]],” “[[Gahan's]],” "[[Gillespie's]]," "[[Hornpipe (3)]]," “[[Jim Mullin's Hornpipe]]," "[[McCormick's]]." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major (O'Neill/Krassen): A Major (O’Malley, O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O’Neill): AA’BB’ (O’Malley). According to a letter Francis O'Neill wrote to Alfred Percival Graves, all the 'Spellan' tunes in O'Neill's collection came from the music manuscripts of Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a musically literate fiddler originally from County Down. O'Neill identified Spellan as the leader of an orchestra in Dublin who later moved to Belfast. However, the provenance of "Spellan's Fiddle" is somewhat in question. Paul de Grae finds "Spellan's Fiddle" to be a "near-duplicate" of an untitled hornpipe (see "[[Hornpipe (3)]]") in '''Köhler's Violin Repository, vol. 1''' (1881, No. 53), furthermore: | ||
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''It is also related to Howe's "[[Double Clog Dance]]" [EH 31 and 58] and "[[Norton's Best Hornpipe]]" [EH 32]; both of these tunes'' | ''It is also related to Howe's "[[Double Clog Dance]]" [EH 31 and 58] and "[[Norton's Best Hornpipe]]" [EH 32]; both of these tunes'' | ||
''also appear in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883): "Double Clog Dance" as "[[Gray's Opera House]] [RMC 159] and "Norton's'' | ''also appear in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883): "Double Clog Dance" as "[[Gray's Opera House]] [RMC 159] and "Norton's'' | ||
''Best" Hornpipe three times, as "[[Norton's Favorite]]" [RMC 143], "[[Remembrance of Dublin]]" [RMC 156], and, slightly altered,'' | ''Best" Hornpipe three times, as "[[Norton's Favorite]]" [RMC 143], "[[Remembrance of Dublin]]" [RMC 156], and, slightly altered,'' | ||
''"[[Amazon]] Hornpipe" [RMC 133].'' | ''"[[Amazon]] Hornpipe"<ref>Fr. John Quinn reduces the connection to "compare with"</ref> [RMC 133].'' | ||
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''two tunes''<ref>Paul de Grae, “Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O’Neill Collections”, 2017 [https://www.irishtune.info/public/oneill-sources.htm].</ref>. | ''two tunes''<ref>Paul de Grae, “Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O’Neill Collections”, 2017 [https://www.irishtune.info/public/oneill-sources.htm].</ref>. | ||
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It would seem that, at the least, significant melodic material found in "Spellan's Fiddle" was in general circulation in the latter half of the 19th century. | It would seem that, at the least, significant melodic material found in "Spellan's Fiddle" was in general circulation in the latter half of the 19th century. Fr. John Quinn concludes that O'Neill was copying the version found Köhler's, but had missed out on "slur and cut" bowing. | ||
Martin Mulvihill (1986) printed the tune, misidentified under the title “[[ Cora Donn (An)]]. | <br> | ||
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Bronx fiddler and teacher Martin Mulvihill (1986) printed a version of the tune, misidentified under the title “[[Cora Donn (An)]]” ("An Comhra Donn" generally refers to another, musically unrelated, tune). The "McCormick's" and "Gillespie's" titles for "Spellan's Fiddle" stem from the 1937 Decca 78 RPM recording by fiddler Hugh Gillespie who played "[[Wily Old Bachelor (The)]]" and "Spellan's Fiddle" in a medley that was titled "McCormick's Hornpipe" on the recording label. | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Jordan ('''Whistle and Sing'''), 1975; 35. O’Malley ('''Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1'''), 1976; No. 128, p. 64. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 177. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1616, p. 300. | |f_printed_sources=Jordan ('''Whistle and Sing'''), 1975; 35. O’Malley ('''Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1'''), 1976; No. 128, p. 64. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 177. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1616, p. 300. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Coleman Center CD CC004, P.J. Hernon, Donal Hernon, Maria Lynn McHugh – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo”). | |f_recorded_sources=Coleman Center CD CC004, P.J. Hernon, Donal Hernon, Maria Lynn McHugh – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo”). Decca 12112 (78 RPM), Hugh Gillespie (2nd tune in "McCormick's Hornpipe" medley). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1805/]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1805/]<br> | ||
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SPELLAN'S FIDDLE (Fidil Ui Spealain). AKA - "Spillane's Fiddle." AKA and see “Cora Donn (An),” “Gahan's,” "Gillespie's," "Hornpipe (3)," “Jim Mullin's Hornpipe," "McCormick's." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major (O'Neill/Krassen): A Major (O’Malley, O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O’Neill): AA’BB’ (O’Malley). According to a letter Francis O'Neill wrote to Alfred Percival Graves, all the 'Spellan' tunes in O'Neill's collection came from the music manuscripts of Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a musically literate fiddler originally from County Down. O'Neill identified Spellan as the leader of an orchestra in Dublin who later moved to Belfast. However, the provenance of "Spellan's Fiddle" is somewhat in question. Paul de Grae finds "Spellan's Fiddle" to be a "near-duplicate" of an untitled hornpipe (see "Hornpipe (3)") in Köhler's Violin Repository, vol. 1 (1881, No. 53), furthermore:
It is also related to Howe's "Double Clog Dance" [EH 31 and 58] and "Norton's Best Hornpipe" [EH 32]; both of these tunes also appear in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883): "Double Clog Dance" as "Gray's Opera House [RMC 159] and "Norton's Best" Hornpipe three times, as "Norton's Favorite" [RMC 143], "Remembrance of Dublin" [RMC 156], and, slightly altered, "Amazon Hornpipe"[1] [RMC 133].
"Star Hornpipe (The)" [MI 1654, DMI 875] and "Spring Garden (The)" [MI 1681, DMI 999] also appear to derive from one or both of these two tunes[2].
It would seem that, at the least, significant melodic material found in "Spellan's Fiddle" was in general circulation in the latter half of the 19th century. Fr. John Quinn concludes that O'Neill was copying the version found Köhler's, but had missed out on "slur and cut" bowing.
Bronx fiddler and teacher Martin Mulvihill (1986) printed a version of the tune, misidentified under the title “Cora Donn (An)” ("An Comhra Donn" generally refers to another, musically unrelated, tune). The "McCormick's" and "Gillespie's" titles for "Spellan's Fiddle" stem from the 1937 Decca 78 RPM recording by fiddler Hugh Gillespie who played "Wily Old Bachelor (The)" and "Spellan's Fiddle" in a medley that was titled "McCormick's Hornpipe" on the recording label.
