Annotation:Salamanca (4) (Reel)
X:1 T:Salamanca [4] Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 111. Carolan ms. 2, No. 14. K:D (AdF)(A dc)d(c|dg)fe d(B B2)|(AdF)(A dc)d(f|ab)ag fd d2:| a3 (f gf)g(e|a2) af ge ((3efg)|a3 (f gf)g(e|fb)ag f(d d2)| a3 (f gf)g(e|a2) af ge ((3efg)|(fde)(f gb)a(g|f)geg f(dd2)||
SALAMANCA REEL [4]. Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Salamanca Reel (4)" was entered in the c. 1863-73 music manuscript collection of County Mayo fiddler and farmer Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910). The tune bears a general resemblance to "Sailor's Bonnet", although it is not cognate.
