Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1374 (Munster Cloak)
| Rhythm ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Air | G Major |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Munster Cloak, The / An Fhallaingín Mhuimhneach / An Falaingin Muimhneach / The Spanish Cloak (also as waltz, also in D) (compare as song #3434)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1963 | 1#3 | [Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán). |
| ~1986 | 2#1 | [SEgn 1] Seamus Egan. Traditional Music of Ireland. Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, mandolin, whistle, pipes, tres). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #80 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #13 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 38 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| As tune #92 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1963