Black Swan (The)

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Theme code Index	5364 531H7
Also known as	Comet (2) (The), Doctor Peter's, Down the Glen, Glengesh (The), Minnie Foster's Clog, Mrs. Minnie Foster
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Bulmer & Sharpley
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music from Ireland vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 52
Year of publication/Date of MS	1974
Artist	Biography:Sean McGuire
Title of recording	Irish Jigs and Reels
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Viva W103
Year recorded	c. 1960's
Media
Score ()

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BLACK SWAN. AKA and see "Comet (2) (The)," "Doctor Peter's," "Down the Glen," "Glengesh (The)," "Minnie Foster's Clog," "Mrs. Minnie Foster." Irish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded several times under this title by Belfast fiddler Sean McGuire (b. 1928). It appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as "Minnie Foster's Clog." The Black Swan was a not uncommon name for an inn in the British Isles.

Source for notated version: fiddler Sean McGuire [Bulmer & Sharpley].

Printed source: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 52. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 90, p. 25.

Recorded source: Viva W103, Sean McGuire - "Irish Jigs and Reels" (c. 1960's, a reissue of "Sean Maguire Plays," the first recording of McGuire that Josephine Keegan accompanied on piano).

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