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|f_annotation='''BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM/BLOSSUM [1]''' (Blat Na Smeur). AKA and see "[[Maud Millar (2)]]/[[Maude Millar (2)]]," "[[Strawberry Beds (1) (The)]]," "[[Strawberry Blossom (3)]]." Irish (originally), Canadian, American; Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major (Harding, Kennedy, Kerr, O'Neill, Perlman, Sullivan): E Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Miller, Perlman, Stanford/Petrie, Sullivan): AAB (Hardings, Kennedy, Kerr, O'Neill). "[[Magic Slipper (The)]]" is a very similar tune. The melody is familiar to Irish tradition, from at least the year 1850, if not earlier, according to Samuel Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle''', 1981). He probably was unaware of the mid-19th century music manuscripts of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon [[biography:James Goodman]] that contain "Blackberry Blossom [1]" (vol. 3, p. 111), which provides strong support for his contention. The title "Blackberry Blossom" appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). | |||
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The reel was recorded in the 78 RPM era in New York by County Sligo fiddler James Morrison, and it can be heard in Brooklyn accordion player John J. Kimmel's "Stack of Barley Medley" (1916).|f_source_for_notated_version=Planxty [Sullivan]; Shape (Greene County, Pa.; elderly when collected in 1930's) [Bayard]; Sterling Baker (b. Mid-1940's, Montague, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin [Miller]. | |||
The reel was recorded in the 78 RPM era in New York by County Sligo fiddler James Morrison, and it can be heard in Brooklyn accordion player John J. Kimmel's "Stack of Barley Medley" (1916). | |f_printed_sources=Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 97, p. 57. | ||
Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 8. | Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 8. | ||
Cotter ('''Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor'''), 1989; p. 76. | Cotter ('''Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor'''), 1989; p. 76. | ||
Giblin ('''Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music'''), 1928; 14. | Giblin ('''Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music'''), 1928; 14. | ||
'''Harding's Original Collection'''; No. 75. | '''Harding's Original Collection'''; No. 75. | ||
Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 637. | |||
Kennedy ('''Fiddler's Tune-Book: Reels & Rants, Flings & Fancies'''), 1997; No. 6, p. 4. | Kennedy ('''Fiddler's Tune-Book: Reels & Rants, Flings & Fancies'''), 1997; No. 6, p. 4. | ||
Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; p. 34 (appears as "The Strawberry Beds"). | Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; p. 34 (appears as "The Strawberry Beds"). | ||
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Stanford/Petrie ('''Complete Collection'''), 1905; No. 475, p. 120. | Stanford/Petrie ('''Complete Collection'''), 1905; No. 475, p. 120. | ||
Sullivan ('''Session Tunes, vol. 3'''), No. 52, p. 21. | Sullivan ('''Session Tunes, vol. 3'''), No. 52, p. 21. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Ainar ANR-001, Todd Denman – "Like Magic" (1995. Appears as "Maude Millar's"). | |||
BM-91, Buddy MacMaster – "Glencoe Hall." | BM-91, Buddy MacMaster – "Glencoe Hall." | ||
Edison 51041 (78 RPM), accordion player John J. Kimmel (appears as one of the tunes in the "Stack of Barley Medley"). | Edison 51041 (78 RPM), accordion player John J. Kimmel (appears as one of the tunes in the "Stack of Barley Medley"). | ||
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Kevin Crawford – "The 'D' flute album." | Kevin Crawford – "The 'D' flute album." | ||
Victor 18193 (78 RPM), John J. Kimmell (1916. 2nd tune in medley). | Victor 18193 (78 RPM), John J. Kimmell (1916. 2nd tune in medley). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2309.html]<br> | |||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2309.html]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b09.htm#Blabl2]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b09.htm#Blabl2]<br> | ||
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/161/]<br> | Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/161/]<br> | ||
Hear John J. Kimmel's 1916 recording at the Victor Discography [http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700003285/B-18243-Stack_of_barley_medley] (2nd tune in medley with "Stack of Barley" and "Green Fields of America"). | Hear John J. Kimmel's 1916 recording at the Victor Discography [http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700003285/B-18243-Stack_of_barley_medley] (2nd tune in medley with "Stack of Barley" and "Green Fields of America"). | ||
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Revision as of 15:06, 20 July 2020
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BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM/BLOSSUM [1] (Blat Na Smeur). AKA and see "Maud Millar (2)/Maude Millar (2)," "Strawberry Beds (1) (The)," "Strawberry Blossom (3)." Irish (originally), Canadian, American; Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major (Harding, Kennedy, Kerr, O'Neill, Perlman, Sullivan): E Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Miller, Perlman, Stanford/Petrie, Sullivan): AAB (Hardings, Kennedy, Kerr, O'Neill). "Magic Slipper (The)" is a very similar tune. The melody is familiar to Irish tradition, from at least the year 1850, if not earlier, according to Samuel Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle, 1981). He probably was unaware of the mid-19th century music manuscripts of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman that contain "Blackberry Blossom [1]" (vol. 3, p. 111), which provides strong support for his contention. The title "Blackberry Blossom" appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997).
The reel was recorded in the 78 RPM era in New York by County Sligo fiddler James Morrison, and it can be heard in Brooklyn accordion player John J. Kimmel's "Stack of Barley Medley" (1916).
