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Album Details for A Thousand Farewells by Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule

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Artist NameMartin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule
Album TitleA Thousand Farewells
MusiciansMartin Dowling (fiddle), Christine Dowling (flute, vocals), Daithi Sproule (guitar).
Source and
other information		Cottage Music CM 001, 1997. Recorded 20–21 Aug. 1996 in Madison, Wisconsin. Notes by Martin Dowling. Note that tunes on track 10 are in opposite order from liner notes.

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
1787		 Hpipe Smoky Chimney, The / The Smokey Chimney (also with more parts)
2 Tune Info
678		 Hpipe Frisco, The / The Frisco Hornpipe / The Glauntaune
21 Tune Info
1899		 JigD A Thousand Farewells / Rowe's Jig / Toneroe's No. 2 / Bill the Weaver's Jig (misattributed to B. Tonerowe [sic] in book JKg 3) (composed by Seán Ryan)
2 Tune Info
221		 JigD Brendan Tonra's / Brendan Tonra's Jig / Tonra's Jig / Tonra's / Tonroe's / Toneroe's No. 1 / Tone Rowe's / Tone Rowe's Jig / Tone Rowes / Tony Rowe's / Joe O'Dowd's Jig (2nd in set The Rose in the Heather on ESL 1) (composed by Brendan Tonra, ca. 1957, but misattributed to Joe O'Dowd in book TS)
31 Tune Info
700		 Reel Gap in the Clouds, The (composed by Brendan Mulvihill)
2 Tune Info
135		 Reel Beauty Spot, The / An Ball Seirce / An Ball Scéimhe / The Back of the Change (2nd in set Micho Russells Set on 4MD 2) (also doubled) (compare Gorman's #962 and compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Solus Lillis's Reel #2912)
41 Tune Info
2983		 Song Open the Door (composed by Sarah Grey)
51 Tune Info
467		 Air Dark Is the Color of My True Love's Hair / Dark Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair (also as song)
2 Tune Info
743		 Hpipe Golden Castle, The / Caisleán an Óir / Caislean an Oir / Caisleán na nÓr (composed by Junior Crehan)
61 Tune Info
203		 Reel Boys of Ballinahinch, The / The Boys of Ballynahinch / The Boys of Baile na hÍnse / Humors of Ballinahinch / Mullin's Fancy / Mullin's Fancy / Mullins' Fancy / Mullins Fancy / Mullen's Fancy / The Strawberry Blossom / The Strawberry Blossom No. 1 / Strawberry Blossom / Packie Dolan's (also in G) (compare single jig Christmas Eve #2638)
2 Tune Info
505		 Reel Dick Gossip's / Dick Gossip / Dick Gossip's Reel / Dicky Gossip's / The Castle (also with parts reversed)
3 Tune Info
1471		 Reel Old Woman of the House, The / The Woman of the House / Lady of the House / Máistreás an Tí / The Mistress of the House / Pádraig O'Keeffe's 'Woman of the House' / O'Keeffe's 'Woman of the House' / Old Maids of Sligo / Old Leitrim / The Cows Are A-Milking / Walsh's (compare #2082)
71 Tune Info
2984		 Song Federal Soldier
81 Tune Info
675		 Polka Fred Finn's
2 Tune Info
1349		 Polka Mountain Pathway, The / Peter Horan's (also in A, also with high part as intro)
91 Tune Info
2985		 Reel Hegel Helman's (composed by Martin Dowling)
2 Tune Info
2986		 Reel Head First into the Furze (composed by Martin Dowling)
3 Tune Info
2987		 Reel Bee in the Bottle, The (composed by Martin Dowling)
101 Tune Info
433		 Hpipe Cuil Aodha, The (mislabeled on TF as The Fairy Queen)
2 Tune Info
596		 Hpipe Fairy Queen, The / The Cuckoo's Nest (1st in set Tommy's Selection on MV; mislabeled on TF as The Cuil Aodha)
111 Tune Info
123		 Song Banks of the River, The
121 Tune Info
1219		 Reel Martin Ainsborough's / Martin Ainsboro's / Martin Ansboro's Reel
2 Tune Info
721		 Reel Girl that Broke My Heart, The / The Girl Who Broke My Heart (2nd in set Three Days to Go on MSHtn 1) (also in A)
3 Tune Info
302		 Reel Charlie Lennon's No. 4 / Charlie Lennon's #4 / Charlie Lennon's (for 7th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (compare Doon Reel #533)
131 Tune Info
2988		 Waltz New Year's Day (composed by Martin Dowling)
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