Comhra Donn (An)

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 Theme code Index    5531H 3H3H1H1H
 Also known as    Brown Casket (The), Brown Chest (The), Cófra Donn (An), Brown Casket (The), O'Connor Donn's (2), Star of Bethlehem
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
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 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Breandán Breathnach
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ceol Rinnce na h-Éirreann vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 210, p. 85
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1963
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COMHRA DONN, AN ("The Brown Casket" or "The Brown Chest"). AKA and see "An Cófra Donn," "The Brown Casket," "O'Connor Donn's [2]," "The Star of Bethlehem." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The alternate title "O'Connor Donn's" is a corruption (Mondegreen) of the Gaelic title. See also the melodically similar (in the 'A' part) "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine [1]," "Centenary March," "Caledonian March."

Sources for notated versions: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Chieftains [Carlin, Sullivan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 210, p. 85. Carlin (English Concertina), 1977; p. 33. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 29, p. 11. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 22. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 31, p. 30.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 1127, "Martin Hayes" (1993. Appears as "The Brown Coffin").


X:1
T:An Comhra Donn
T:The Brown Coffin
T:An Cofra Donn
T:The Brown Chest
C:Traditional
R:Hornpipe
B:Music for the Sets - The Blue Book, David J Taylor
Z:Gordon Turnbull
M:C
K:D
A>BA>G F>Ad>e | f>gf>e d>cd>A | B>Gd>B A>FD>E | F>EE>D E2 F>G |
A>BA>G F>Ad>e | f>gf>e d>cd>A | B>cd>B A>FE>G | [1 F2 D2 D2 F>G:|[2 F2 D2D2 f>g ||
a>fe>d g>fe>c | d>cd>e f>dA>F | G>AB>G F>Ad>e | (3fed g>f e2 f>g |
a>g (3fed g>fe>c | d>cd>e f>dA>F | G>AB>G F>AE>G | [1 F2 D2 D2 f>g:|[2 F2D2 D2 F>G |]