Annotation:Well-learned Scholar (The)

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X:1 T:Well-learned Scholar, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 72) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D c|dfaf gfeg|fdBG FAAc|BGAG FAAg|fdec dcBc| dfaf gfeg|fdBG FAAc|BGAG FAAg|1 fdec d2 dc:|2 fdec d2 df|| abaf dfaf|dfaf bagf|gage cege|cege agfg| abag dfaf|dfaf bagf|gfge abag|1 fdec d2 df:|2 fdec d2 dc||



WELL-LEARNED SCHOLAR, THE. AKA and see "Scholar (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. R.M. Levey earlier printed the tune as "Scholar (The)."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection[1] (Oriel, Ulster) [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances" (Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society), vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 72. O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 24, p. 36.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by a unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.