Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1595 (Planxty Irwin)
| Type ? | Bars | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|
| Piece | 32 | 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 Plx 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Planxty Irwin / Planxty Erwin / O, banquet not (also in D) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan?)
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1973 | 3#1 | [Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán). |
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 recording listed above.
| As tune #677 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #26 in volume 3 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 239 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 220 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 43 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| As ocar #13 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #88 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