Annotation:P.J. Maloney's Hornpipe

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P.J. MOLONEY’S (HORNPIPE). AKA and see “Sean Ryan’s Hornpipe (6).” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Nenagh, County Tipperary, fiddler Seán Ryan (1919-1985), in honor of County Galway flute player P.J. Moloney, with whom he won All Ireland duet competitions in the 1950's. Ryan himself won the Senior All Ireland competition in the mid-1950's, and Moloney was All-Ireland flute champion in 1958. Together they recorded one album for Avoca Records in 1960.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, vol. 1), 1977; No. 31 (appears as “O’Brien’s Hornpipe”). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 121.

Recorded sources: Avoca 33-AC-121, Seán Ryan & P.J. Moloney – “Traditional Music of Ireland, vol. 1” (1960).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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