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'''IRISHMAN'S LOVE [2], THE'''. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. | '''IRISHMAN'S LOVE [2], THE'''. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel was printed in Elias Howe's '''1000 Jigs and Reels''' (c. 1867) as "'''Irishman Loves a Lass (The)'''," and in a later Howe firm publication, '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection of 1050 Reels and Jigs''' (1883), as "Irishman's Love (2) (The)." It was one of the tunes deleted when that latter volume metamorphasized into '''Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes''' in 1940. Paul de Grae finds this tune to be a setting of O'Neill's "[[Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney]]," also printed by Breathnach as "[[Tameen's Reel]]," and known as "[[Ceol na gCeártan]]" ("[[Music of the Forge (The)]]") in '''The Dance Music of Willie Clancy'''. | ||
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Revision as of 04:26, 10 January 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
IRISHMAN'S LOVE [2], THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel was printed in Elias Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) as "Irishman Loves a Lass (The)," and in a later Howe firm publication, Ryan's Mammoth Collection of 1050 Reels and Jigs (1883), as "Irishman's Love (2) (The)." It was one of the tunes deleted when that latter volume metamorphasized into Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes in 1940. Paul de Grae finds this tune to be a setting of O'Neill's "Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney," also printed by Breathnach as "Tameen's Reel," and known as "Ceol na gCeártan" ("Music of the Forge (The)") in The Dance Music of Willie Clancy.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: The Devils Box, vol. 21, No. 4, Winter 1987, p. 48. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; No. 49.
Recorded sources: