Annotation:Irish Hautboy (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
IRISH HAUTBOY, THE (An Fioeog Éirinneac). AKA and see "Lisdoonvarna Reel," "Mary Donlevy," "Smuggler's Reel," "Tadhg a Run." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. From the latter 18th century, at least. A hautboy is an oboe, but it is possible the title refers to the uilleann pipes, another double-reed instrument. A simplified form of the melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selections), vol. 1, 1782; No. 14. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 733. The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 12. Petrie-Stanford (Complete Collection), 1903-06; No. 1499 (appears as "Mary Donlevy"). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 570, p. 100.
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