Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1590 (Planxty Browne)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording EOD (details in the Discography below).
| Type ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Piece | G Major |
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)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1959 | 14#1 | [LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes). |
| 1978 | 14#2 | [EOD] Eugene O'Donnell. Slow Airs and Set Dances. Eugene O'Donnell (fiddle). For this tune: with Mick Moloney (mandolin). |
| ~1979 | 11#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). |
| ~1989 | [Ch C] The Chieftains. Celebration. | |
| 1999 | 11#2 | [MCnnly] Mick Conneely. Selkie. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki). |
| 2002 | 5#2 | [LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (fiddle). |
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.
| As tune #692 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #110 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| On page 243 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 180 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As tune #180 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. |
| In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic]. |
| As setd #21 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #295 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| As tune #84 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): 1903