Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1593 (Planxty Fanny Powers)
| Type ? | Bars | 16-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piece | 64 | AABB | G 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 MMR 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Planxty Fanny Powers / Fanny Powers / Planxty Fanny Power / Fanny Power / The Invocation (1st in set The Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (also in A, also as waltz) (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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1975 | 8#1 | [Ch 5] The Chieftains. 5. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, timpán), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
| ~1987 | [Ch JG] The Chieftains / James Galway. In Ireland. | |
| 1995 | 5#1 | [JK 2] James Kelly and Zan McLeod. The Ring Sessions. James Kelly (fiddle), Zan McLeod (guitar, bouzouki). |
| ~1995 | 5#1 | [MMR 1] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Dangerous Reel. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle). |
| ~1996 | 9#1 | [PCln] Pat Cloonan. Pat Cloonan's Thanksgiving. Patrick Cloonan (accordion). |
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 #673 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #16 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 238 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As tune #13 in [LPF] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club. |
| As ocar #6 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #90 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