Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1384 (Musical Priest)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 24 | ABC | B Dorian |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BtB (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Musical Priest, The / Musical Priest / An Sagart Ceolmhar / The Buckeen / Lord Kelly's Reel / The New Bridge of Erin (also in A or G; also with 2 extra parts)
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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 15#2 | [BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle). |
| ~1963 | 5#1 | [Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán). |
| ~1976 | 3#1 | [AMPR] Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle). |
| 1977 | 14#1 | [JOL 1] Johnny O'Leary. Music for the Set. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Johnny O'Leary (accordion). |
| ~1987 | 8#3 | [MM 3] Matt Molloy. Stony Steps. Matt Molloy (flute). |
| ~1988 | 12#7 | [SW] Silly Wizard. Live Wizardry. |
| 1994 | 1#2 | [JDr 1] Joe Derrane with Felix Dolan. Give Us Another. Joe Derrane (accordion), Felix Dolan (piano). |
| ~1994 | 1#3 | [NMCMM] various. The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. |
| ~2000 | 12#3 | [LC 3] Liz Carroll. Lost in the Loop. Liz Carroll (fiddle). |
| 2006 | 6#1 | [NNW] Eliot Grasso and Dave Cory. North-by-NorthWest. Eliot Grasso (pipes, flute), Dave Cory (banjo, guitar, octave mandolin). |
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 #1284 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #549 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #18 in volume 3 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 111 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As tune #92 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| On page 200 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 30 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. |
| As tune #10 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 49 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 75 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #235 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 93 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
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): 1903