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 Theme code Index    5L5L16L 4426L
 Also known as    Cornphíopa Uí Bhraoin, Mahony's Hornpipe, Sports of Listowel (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Brendan Breathnach
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ceol Rince na h--Éireann vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 226, p. 103
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1985
 Artist    Biography:Martin Mulvihill
 Title of recording    Martin Mulvihill
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Green Linnet Records SIF 1012
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


BREEN'S HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa Uí Bhraoin). AKA and see "Mahony's Hornpipe," "Sports of Listowel (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian/D Major (Breathnach): D Major (Taylor): A Major (Taylor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the related "Loughill Hornpipe." Martin Mulvihill gives the alternate title "Breen's" to the hornpipe "Sports at Listowel (The)."

Sources for notated versions: Martin Mulvihill (Bronx, NY) [Breathnach]; "from my mother" [Mulvihill].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 226, p. 103. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 41, p. 101. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 58, p. 44.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet Records SIF 1012, "Martin Mulvihill." Shaskeen - "My Love is in America."


X:1
T:Breen's
T:Sports at Listowel, The
M:C
L:1/8
K:Amix
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(3EFE EF A2 FA|d2 (3edc dfaf|(3efe cA {c}BAFE|A2 AB A2:|
|:(3efg|afec efef|afec efec|{e}dcde {g}fdec|{e}dcBA FBAF|
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