Mari Canter

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 Theme code Index    51H64 51H65
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Curtin Manuscript
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Polka
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    IRELAND(Munster)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:D. Curtin
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Curtin Manuscript
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 47, p. 19
 Year of publication/Date of MS    mid-19th century
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Mari Canter M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air or Polka B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 47, p. 19) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been N:introduced in the latter 19th century. S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin Be ed|cB AG|Be ed|c2 BA|Be ed|ef ge|dB GB|c2 BA:| |:(3BcB BG|AG AB|GE ED|c2 BA|(3BcB BG|AG AB|GE ED|E2E2:|]