Annotation:Port Gordon (2)

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PORT GORDON [2]. Irish, March (4/4 time). D Minor (O’Farrell): G Minor (Howe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O’Farrell): AAB (Howe). O’Neill (1922) says: “In Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy vol.1, ‘Port Gordon’ is listed as one of Carolan's compositions, and it is also attributed to him in "O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (c. 1805), from which the above setting was copied. Belfast collector Edward Bunting [1] (1773-1843), however, includes ‘Port Gordon’ among the compositions of Rory Dall O'Cahan, a famous harper of the Western Highlands. The fact is that Carolan exercised his talents in retouching his predecessor's composition according to his own personal fancy. The setting which follows, taken from O'Neill's Music of Ireland was found among Sergt. James O'Neill's inherited manuscripts.”

Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1804-1810) [O’Neill].

Printed sources: Howe (Musician’s Omnibus No. 3), 1865; p. 220. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 94. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pp. 50-51. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 62.

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