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|f_annotation='''NEAL GOW'S THIRD WIFE.''' AKA - "Niel Gow's Third Wife." Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Neal Gow's Third Wife" is a reel contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref>. [[wikipedia:Niel_Gow]] (1727-1807) was a famous Scottish fiddler-composer, and although he composed a tune called "[[Niel Gow's Second Wife (1)]]" (generally thought to be a reference to his fiddle), there is no evidence he ever composed a "...Third Wife" melody.
|f_annotation='''NEAL GOW'S THIRD WIFE.''' AKA - "Niel Gow's Third Wife." Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Neal Gow's Third Wife" is a reel contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref>
# <span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑</span> <span class="reference-text">Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </span>
. [[wikipedia:Niel_Gow]] (1727-1807) was a famous Scottish fiddler-composer, and although he composed a tune called "[[Niel Gow's Second Wife (1)]]" (generally thought to be a reference to his fiddle), there is no evidence he ever composed a "...Third Wife" melody.
|f_source_for_notated_version=Rev. Luke Donnellan's music manuscript collection (O'Connor).
|f_source_for_notated_version=Rev. Luke Donnellan's music manuscript collection (O'Connor).
|f_printed_sources=O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 135, p. 78.
|f_printed_sources=O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 135, p. 78.
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NEAL GOW'S THIRD WIFE. AKA - "Niel Gow's Third Wife." Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Neal Gow's Third Wife" is a reel contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1]

  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.

. wikipedia:Niel_Gow (1727-1807) was a famous Scottish fiddler-composer, and although he composed a tune called "Niel Gow's Second Wife (1)" (generally thought to be a reference to his fiddle), there is no evidence he ever composed a "...Third Wife" melody.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan's music manuscript collection (O'Connor).

Printed sources : - O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 135, p. 78.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.