Annotation:O'Connell’s Welcome to Parliament (1): Difference between revisions

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O'CONNELL'S WELCOME {TO PARLIAMENT} [1]. AKA and see "Billy Patterson('s Favorite)," "Blackthorn Stick (1)," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Humours of Bantry," "The Catholic Boys [3]," "The Coachroad to Sligo [1]," “Daniel O’Connell’s Welcome to Parliament,” "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire on the Mountain(s) [2]," "The Fire/Hare on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," “Maid(en) on the Green,” "Night of the Fun [1]," "The Rose on the Mountain," "Welcome Home, Royal Charlie." Irish, Jig; American, Jig or March. G Major (most versions): D Major (Bayard). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) regards this piece as a major form of the Irish tune "Slan agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail" (Farewell to the Troubles of the World), usually played in the Dorian or Mixolydian mode. Also derived from the original tune, he thinks, is the jig "The Maid(en) on the Green." Howe (c. 1867) includes the tune in a section from the playing of Jimmy Norton, the “Boss Jig Player,” who was a mid-19th stage fiddler and entertainer, treading the footlights from an early age. The tune that usually goes by the “O’Connell” title in modern sessions is "O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament (2)," below, a different melody.

Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1944, 1960; who plays it "as always heard from fifers and bagpipers") [Bayard].

Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 623, p. 548. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 68. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; p. 66. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 32 (appears as “Daniel O’Connell’s Welcome to Parliament). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 99.

Recorded sources: Jonathan Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF﷓105, L.O. Weeks ﷓ "New England Traditional Fiddling" (1978).

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''O'CONNELL'S WELCOME {TO PARLIAMENT} [1]'''. AKA and see "Billy Patterson('s Favorite)," "[[Blackthorn Stick (1) (The)]]," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Humours of Bantry," "The Catholic Boys [3]," "The Coachroad to Sligo [1]," “Daniel O’Connell’s Welcome to Parliament,” "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire on the Mountain(s) [2]," "The Fire/Hare on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," “Maid(en) on the Green,” "Night of the Fun [1]," "The Rose on the Mountain," "Welcome Home, Royal Charlie." Irish, Jig; American, Jig or March. G Major (most versions): D Major (Bayard). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) regards this piece as a major form of the Irish tune "Slan agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail" ([[Farewell to the Troubles of the World]]), usually played in the Dorian or Mixolydian mode. Also derived from the original tune, he thinks, is the jig "The Maid(en) on the Green." Howe (c. 1867) includes the tune in a section from the playing of Jimmy Norton, the “Boss Jig Player,” who was a mid-19th stage fiddler and entertainer, treading the footlights from an early age. The tune that usually goes by the “O’Connell” title in modern sessions is "[[O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament (2)]]," below, a different melody.
+'''O'CONNELL'S WELCOME {TO PARLIAMENT} [1]'''. AKA and see "Billy Patterson('s Favorite)," "[[Blackthorn Stick (1)]]," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Humours of Bantry," "The Catholic Boys [3]," "The Coachroad to Sligo [1]," “Daniel O’Connell’s Welcome to Parliament,” "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire on the Mountain(s) [2]," "The Fire/Hare on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," “Maid(en) on the Green,” "Night of the Fun [1]," "The Rose on the Mountain," "Welcome Home, Royal Charlie." Irish, Jig; American, Jig or March. G Major (most versions): D Major (Bayard). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) regards this piece as a major form of the Irish tune "Slan agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail" ([[Farewell to the Troubles of the World]]), usually played in the Dorian or Mixolydian mode. Also derived from the original tune, he thinks, is the jig "The Maid(en) on the Green." Howe (c. 1867) includes the tune in a section from the playing of Jimmy Norton, the “Boss Jig Player,” who was a mid-19th stage fiddler and entertainer, treading the footlights from an early age. The tune that usually goes by the “O’Connell” title in modern sessions is "[[O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament (2)]]," below, a different melody.
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