Donald McDonald

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 Theme code Index    531 355
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    9/8
 History    IRELAND(Ulster)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Patrick McGahon
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 31
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1817
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Donald McDonald M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 445) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|d2c BAB G2A|Bcd dgB d2g|edc BAB GAB|E2e ef^d e2:| |:g|def gag fed|Bcd dgB d2g|def gag fed|B2e ef^d e2g| def gag fed|Bcd gdB d2g|edc Bcd GAB|E2e ef^d|e2||


X:1 T:Untitled T:AKA - "Donald McDonald" in Patrick McGahon ms. (1817) M:9/8 L:1/8 B:Charles Villiers Stanford - "Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish B:Music" (1905, No. 975, p. 249) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g|d2c B2A G3|Bcd dgB d2g|d2c B2A G2F|E2e ef^d e2g| d2c B2A G3|Bcd dgB d2g|d2c B2A G2F|E2e ef^d e2|| B/c/|def gag fed|Bcd dgB d2e|def gag fed|B2e ef^d e2 B/c/| def gag fed|Bcd dgB d2e|d2c B2A G2F|E2e ef^d e2||