Annotation:New Quadrilles Figure 4
X:1 T:New Quadrilles Figure 4 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. 32. Carolan ms. 1, No. 86. K:D A2 AB d2 Bd|e2 eg fded|(BA).AB d2 Bd|efde (BA) A2:| |:faag e2 eg|faaf fee2|faaf e2 eg|e2 dB (BA) A2| faag e2 eg|faaf feef|g2 ge f2 fd|e2 dB (BA) A2:|
NEW QUADRILLES FIGURE 4. Irish, Reel (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This fourth and final part of County Mayo farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan's "New Quadrilles" set of tunes is distinctly different in character that the first three figures, being quite Irish sounding. Carolan gave the titles "The Indian Melody" and "Captain Rocks" with the tune, but it is not the "Indian Melody" that appears in the Goodman manuscript collection. The tune does have some small resemblance to "Captain Rock (2)," but too few points of correspondence to consider it cognate.
