Annotation:Spring Garden (1) (The)

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X:1 T:Spring Garden [1], The M:2/4 L:1/16 R:Hornpipe B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 312, no. 1681 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G (3ABc|dfdf ecAF|GFGB AFDC|B,DGF E2(cB)|(3ABG (3FGE D2(3ABc| dfdf ecAF|GFGB AFDC|B,DGF EcAF|G2G2 G2:| |:(cB)|AGAB cBcd|edef g2(3def|gfed cBAG|Add^c d2(3ABc| dfdf ecAF|GFGB AFDC|B,DGF EcAF|G2G2 G2:|


SPRING GARDEN('S HORNPIPE) [1], THE (Gort an tobair). Irish, English; Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. G Major (O'Neill): B Flat Major (Merryweather & Seattle). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Paul de Grae believes O'Neill's version of the tune is a reworking of 19th century Boston music publisher Elias Howe's "Norton's Best Hornpipe," later printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as "Norton's Favorite" and "Remembrance of Dublin," and, slightly altered, as "Amazon Hornpipe"[1]. De Grae also notes: "[O'Neill's] 'Spellan's Fiddle' and 'Star Hornpipe (The)' also appear to derived from this and another Howe/Ryan tune, and are also sourced from James O'Neill"[2].


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - James O'Neill [O'Neill]. Francis O'Neill credits the tune to Chicago Police Sgt. James O'Neill, a musically literate fiddler originally from County Down who served as Chief O'Neill's assistant on his early volumes.

Printed sources : - Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 31, p. 36. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 193. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1681, p. 312. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 888, p. 153.





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  1. ↑ Paul de Grae, "Notes to Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017. [1]
  2. ↑ ibid.
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