Paul de Grae's Index of Irish Tune Books

From the introduction:

"This is an index of Irish traditional melodies in the various books in my collection. The compilation began several years ago, and is updated from time to time. The index is for my own use—it is not a scholarly work, it is not complete, and it is not definitive. However, it may be of some use to others."

Click to download ZIP file of the MS Word document (342 kB). The current version of this file was donated by Paul de Grae for public use on April 13, 2005. For more information contact pauldegrae@eircom.nospam (but replace "nospam" with "net").

The currently indexed books are:

AIF	Allan's Irish Fiddler.  Mozart Allan, Glasgow (no date).
B&S	Music from Ireland.  Dave Bulmer, Neil Sharpley (four vols.).  (no date)
BSIF	Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing.  Vol.1.  David Lyth.
	Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, 1981.
C	Carolan.  The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper.
	Donal O'Sullivan.  Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1958.
CL	Musical Memories.  Charlie Lennon.
	Worldmusic Publications, Dublin, 1993.
CRÉ	Ceol Rince na hÉireann (five vols.).  Breandán Breathnach, Jackie Small.
	An Gúm, Dublin, 1963-1999.
DMC	The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
	Arthur W. Darley, P. J. McCall.  Dublin, 1914 (reprint Ossian, 1984).
DMI	Dance Music of Ireland (1001 Gems).  Francis O'Neill.  Chicago, 1907.
DMWC	The Dance Music of Willie Clancy.  Pat Mitchell.
	Ossian Publications, Cork, 1983.
ER	Where the Shannon Rises.  The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy.
	Joseph M. Reavy.  1984.
FMDI	Folk Music and Dance of Ireland.  Breandán Breathnach.
	The Mercier Press, Dublin and Cork, 1971.
FMN	Forget Me Not.  A Collection of 50 Memorable Traditional Irish Tunes.
	Séamus Connolly and Laurel Martin.  Mel Bay, 2002.
FTB	The Fiddler's Tune-Book.  Peter Kennedy.
	Hargail Music Press, Saugerties, NY, no date (1951?).
G	Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music.  P.J. Giblin.  America, 1928.
GC	Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor.  Geraldine Cotter.
	Ossian Publications, Cork, 1989.
IFB	The Irish Fiddle Book.  Matt Cranitch.
	The Mercier Press, Dublin and Cork, 1988.
ISTR	Irish Session Tunes: The Red Book.  Matt Cranitch.
	Ossian Publications, Cork, 2000.
JCIT	Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes.  Edmund Lee, Dublin, 1774.
JOB1	Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor.  Jerry O'Brien.
	E. O'Byrne DeWitt's Sons, Roxbury, 1949.
JOB2	Irish Folk Dance Music.  Jerry O'Brien.
	E. O'Byrne DeWitt's Sons, Roxbury, 1952.
JOL	Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra.  Terry Moylan.
	Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1994.
LOM	Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music: Vol. 1.  Luke O'Malley.
	New Jersey, 1976.
LPF	Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club.
	Brian and Eithne Vallely.  Armagh (no date).
MM	Martin Mulvihill: First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
	Martin Mulvihill.  New York, 1986.
MOI	Music of Ireland.  Francis O'Neill.  Chicago, 1903.
NF	The Northern Fiddler.  Allan Feldman, Eamonn O'Doherty.
	Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1979.
PFR	Play 50 Reels.  Brian and Eithne Vallely.  Armagh Pipers Club, 1982.
RG	The Road to Glountane.  Terence "Cuz" Teahan, Josh Dunson.
	Chicago, 1980.
RMC	Ryan's Mammoth Collection.  Pat Sky (ed.).  Elias Howe, Boston, 1883.
	Reprinted by Mel Bay Publications, 1995.
SR1	The Hidden Ireland.  The First Collection of Irish Traditional Compositions
	of Seán Ryan.  Brian Ryan (no date).
SR2	Seán Ryan's Dream.  The Second Collection of Irish Traditional
	Compositions of Seán Ryan.  Brian Ryan (no date).
TIG	Traditional Irish Guitar.  Paul de Grae.  Ossian, Cork, 1996.
TP1	Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes.  Tommy Peoples.  Waltons, Dublin, 1986.
TP2	ABC collection of Tommy Peoples tunes, recorded mid-1970s
	(posted to IRTRAD-L by Bernie Stocks)
TS	Trip to Sligo.  Bernard Flaherty.  Sligo, 1990.
TW	Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with Armagh Pipers Club (three vols.).
	Eithne and John B. Vallely.  Armagh (no date).
W&S	Whistle and Sing!  Eamonn Jordan.  Portadown, 1975.
WSGM	Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody.  Francis O'Neill.  Chicago, 1922.

The following books, of mainly Scottish material, are indexed separately under "Scottish & Northern Tunes, 2/4 and 4/4" and "Scottish & Northern Tunes, 3/4, 6/8 and 9/8"; tunes in these books which are played in the Irish tradition are also cited in the main index:

AB	50 Fiddle Solos.  Aly Bain.  Conway Editions, London, 1989.
CC	The Caledonian Companion.  Alastair J. Hardie.  EMI, London, 1981.
SF 1	The Scots Fiddle.  Volume 1: Tunes, Tales and Traditions of the North-East
	& Central Highlands.  J. Murray Neil.  Neil Wilson, Glasgow, 1999.
SFT	Scottish Fiddle Tunes.  1903, reprinted by Ossian, Cork, 1985.