Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1590 (Planxty Browne)

Type ?Mode ?
PieceG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Planxty Browne
 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 EOD (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Planxty Browne / Planxty Maggie Browne / Planxty Maggie Brown / Pléaráca an Bhrúnaigh / Maggie Brown's Favourite / Maggie Brown's Favorite / Maggie Brown's / Maggie Brown / Miss Brown's Fancy (also as set dance) (possibly by Turlough O'Carolan or by Nathaniel Gow)

cd 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). Album details
and contents
~195914#1[LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes).View album details
197814#2[EOD] Eugene O'Donnell. Slow Airs and Set Dances. Eugene O'Donnell (fiddle).View album details
~197911#2[FR] Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan. The Funny Reel. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).View album details
~1989[Ch C] The Chieftains. Celebration. View album details
199911#2[MCnnly] Mick Conneely. Selkie. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki).View album details
20025#2[LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (fiddle).View album details

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 #692 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #110 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 243 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 180 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
As setd #21 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #295 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As tune #84 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [available]

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
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