Annotation:New Demense (1) (The)

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NEW DEMENSE [1] (An Tirteac Nuad). AKA and see "An Cailin Fionn," "College Grove(s)," "The Connacht Reel [1]," "The Green Jacket," "The Milestone [1]," "The Millstone," "Miss Corbet," "Miss Corbett('s Reel)," "The New Domain," "The Old Locks and Quays of Galway," "Whiskey in the Jar/Jug." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Both O'Neill editions give the key as D major, though the key clearly should be in the mixolydian mode. A Scottish relation is Lowe's "Miss Corbett"/"Miss Corbett's Reel."

Chicago's Irish Music Club around 1903. James Kennedy is standing in the last row, extreme right

Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father, a celebrated local fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O'Neill]. [O'Neill].

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1208, p. 228. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 484, p. 93.

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