Annotation:Maurice O'Connor (1)
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MAURICE O'CONNOR [1]. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
Source for notated version: Samuel, Ann and Peter Thompson's Hibernian Muse (London, c. 1786, p. 24) [O'Sullivan]. It was also printed by John Lee (1780), although O'Sullivan believed the third part to be defective.
Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 115, p. 84. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 115, p. 162.
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