Cross in the Wood

CROSS IN THE WOOD, THE. Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by County Limerick/Bronx, N.Y., fiddler Martin Mulvihill (1927-1987). Born in Ballygoughin in the western part of the county to a musical family (his mother played the concertina and violin), Mulvihill emigrated first to England, then, in 1971 to America, where he settled in the Bronx and established himself as the premier teacher of Irish traditional music to the children of the émigré community. In 1984 he was named an NEA National Heritage Fellow.

Printed source: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 337, p. 180.

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Theme code Index	5154 7bL27bL4
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Martin Mulvihill
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Bill Black
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music's the Very Best Thing
Tune and/or Page number	No. 337, p. 180
Year of publication/Date of MS	1996
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Score ()

X:1
T: Cross in the Wood
S: M. Mulvihill
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
dc | BE E2 B2 AF | DF F2 DFAd | BE E2 BdAF | DFAF E2 dc |
BE E2 B2 AF | DF F2 ADFA | B3 d BAFA | (3Bcd AF E2 :|
(3Bcd | e2 ge e2 ge | df (3fef afdf | e2 ge e2 ge | dBAF E2 (3Bcd |
e2 ge e2 ge | df (3fef afdf | g3 e (3fga fe | dBAF E2 :||