Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1437 (O'Carolan's Concerto)
| Type ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Piece | D Major |
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 LR 2 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
O'Carolan's Concerto / Carolan's Concerto / Comhsheinm Uí Chearbhalláin / Mrs. Power / Mrs Power / Mrs. Poer / Mrs Poer (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1.7#1 | [SltSdt] various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. |
| ~1959 | 16#1 | [LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes). |
| ~1973 | 6#1 | [Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
| ~1987 | [Ch JG] The Chieftains / James Galway. In Ireland. | |
| 1992 | 11#1 | [Ch CH] The Chieftains. The Celtic Harp. A Tribute to Edward Bunting with the Belfast Harp Orchestra. Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, harpsichord). |
| ~2005 | 10#1 | [JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). |
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 #633 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| On pages 138-139 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| On page 229 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 62 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As tune #94 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| As ocar #1 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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