Annotation:Gillan's Apples (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
GILLAN'S APPLES [1] "Apples in Winter, "Gillian's Apples," "Humors of Dingle (The)." Irish, Double Jig. D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Mixolydian ('B' and 'D' parts) {Breathnach}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Breathnach, Mallinson, Tubridy): AABBCCDD (Mulvihill). The tune was renamed by O'Neill in honor of his source, John Gillan, "to avoid confusion" as the title on the original manuscript was "Apples in Winter" and O'Neill already had a tune by that name (Irish Folk Music, p. 93). O'Farrell prints a version as "The Apples in Winter." The tune is often called "Gillian's Apples," a miss-hearing of the name Gillan. See also the related "Humors of Dingle (1)."
Source for notated version: from the manuscript collection of retired businessman and Irish music enthusiast John Gillan, collected from musicians in his home county of Longford and the adjoining Leitrim [O'Neill]; fiddler Patrick Kelly, 1966 (Cree, Co. Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 7, p. 5. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 22 (appears as "Gan ainm/No title"). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 39. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; No. 47. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 26. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 24, p. 10 (appears as "Gillian's Apples"). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 29, p. 70. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 170, pg. 94. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 75. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1111, p. 209. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 287, p. 62. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 34. Vallely (Learn to Play Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 2, No. 1.
Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Seane Keane - "Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Shanachie SHA 34008, Andy McGann & Paddy Reynolds (1977). Shanachie 79022, "The Chieftains #2" (1969).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]