X: 1
T:MICHAEL O'CONNOR (1st Setting)
C:O'Carolan
Z:Gilb/Brennan/Black
N:1:I raised the second half of m.7, all m.8, and
N:mm 13-14 by one octave.
N:2:Apologies for the poor quality of the playback.
N:ABC doesn't do a good job handling multiple time
N:signatures in the same file.
Q:1/4=120
Q:"con brio"
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
g2gf e2d2|c2Bc d2G2|cBAG F2A2|G2AB c2C2|
"5"G2C2 GFEG|A2D2 AGFA|G2E2 fedc|Bcd2 G4|
"9"g2gg e2e2|a2aa d2d2|gagf efed|B2AB c4||
"13"g2ge c2G2|a2af d2A2|GABc GABc|A2Bc d4|
"17"e2dc c2G2|gfed c2e2|fafa egfe|dcBA G4|
"21"g2gg e2e2|a2aa d2d2|abc'a abc'e|d3c c4||
P:"allegretto"
M:6/8
R:jig
g|g2f e2c|dfd BGB|c3cBA|Bcd G2g|
e2c ege|fad BGB|c2A dBG|c3c2||
f|efg gec|gec c2g|f/g/aa afd|afd d2f|
efg gag|c'2a geg|a2d BGB|c3c3|]
MICHAEL O'CONNOR [1]. Irish, Air or Planxty ('A' and 'B' parts in cut time, 'C' and 'D' parts in jig time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The jig section of the tune became detached at some point and was collection by Petrie, appearing both in his volume and the Stanford edition of Petrie's work (No. 99, appearing untitled and un-attributed). Donal O'Sullivan could find no pedigree of a Michael O'Connor in either of the O'Connor families familiar to Carolan (the O'Conors of Belanagare, and the O'Connors of Offaly). He did find a reference to a Michael O'Connor in one of harper Charles O'Conor's diaries following a poem in praise of his mother, which was attributed to "Michél O Conchubhair cct. 1728." O'Sullivan suggests that the author of the poem may have been the subject of Carolan's compositions bearing his name.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - John & William Neal(e)'s c. 1712 volume of the compositions of Carolan (the exact title is lost), Dublin [O'Sullivan].
Printed sources : - Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 120, p. 87. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 120, p. 165.
