Annotation:Maple Leaf Reel (The)

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MAPLE LEAF (REEL), THE. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by whistle player Darach de Brún, of the band Oisín, written for his own wedding in April, 1976. He and his wife held their wedding reception at the Maples Hotel in Dublin, hence the title.

Source for notated version: a c. late 1970's record by the group Oisín [Black].

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 88, p. 45. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 200, p. 125.

Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF 083, "Donncha Ó Briain" (1979).

See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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