Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1418 (Newmarket)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDSC (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polka | 32 | AABB | A Major |
Newmarket, The / The Newmarket Polka / Newmarket Polka / Áth Trasna / Din Tarrant's / Willie Reidy's / Art O'Keefe's / Kiskeam / The Green Cottage / Fred Rice's Polka (3rd in set Dan O'Callaghan's on ACB 1; for 1st figure of Borlin Valley Polka Set on MISD 6; for 2nd figure of Sliabh Luachra Set on MISD 7; 3rd in The Green Cottage Selection in book IFMCK) (also in G) (1st part same as 1st part of Tom Billy's #3782)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1977 | 1#3 | [JDSC] Jackie Daly, Séamus Creagh. Jackie Daly. Séamus Creagh. Jackie Daly (accordion), Séamus Creagh (fiddle). |
| 1993 | 12#3 | [CTL 4] Cherish the Ladies. Out and About. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, bouzouki), Maureen Doherty Macken (accordion, whistle), Winifred Horan (fiddle), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Cathie Ryan (vocals). |
| ~1993 | 1#3 | [SSm] Seán Smyth. The Blue Fiddle. Seán Smyth (fiddle, whistle, vocals). |
| ~1996 | 1.6#2 | [MISD 6] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 6. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar). |
| ~1996 | A.2#2 | [MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar). |
| 2000 | 6#3 | [ACB 1] The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin. Ger Murphy (accordion), Andrew O'Connell (fiddle), Liam Forde (banjo), Micheál Creedon (bass, keyboards). |
| ~2002 | 8#4 | [PS 8] Patrick Street. Street Life. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals). |
| 2011 | 13#3 | [JigUp] The Jig Is Up!. First Steps. Judd Heartsill (accordion, flute), Larry Mallette (flute, whistle), Diehl Moran (fiddle, banjo), Matthew Lewis (guitar, flute, whistle), Robert Shaddox (bodhrán, vocals). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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.
| On page 57 of [IFMCK] Drew Beisswenger. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. |
| As tune #114 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #88 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. |
| As tune #185 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As tune #245 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As polka #44 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As tune #84 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. |
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): 1949