Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1653 (Reconciliation)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBA Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Reconciliation
 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 CW (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Reconciliation, The / Humphrey's Reel / Humphrey's Hornpipe / The Olive Branch / The Contradiction (3rd in set The Conglomeration on CR 1; for dance The Sixteen Hand Reel in book MM) (also as hornpipe)

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
~198514#3[CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle).View album details
~199211#3[CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals).View album details
19961#3[Dnu 1] Danú. Danú. Daire Bracken (fiddle), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Donnchadh Gough (pipes, bodhrán), Tom Doorley (flute), Eamonn Doorley (bouzouki, fiddle), Timmy Murray (guitar), Cárthach Mac Craith (vocals).View album details
~19974#2[CBt] various. Celtic Beat. Traditional Music from Ireland. Neil Martin (pipes, whistle), Davy Maguire (flute, whistle), Brian McAteer (fiddle), Breandan O'Hare (flute, whistle), Jason O'Rourke (concertina), John McSherry (pipes), Ray Gallen (bodhrán).View album details
19995#3[JWh 2] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).View album details
200217#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 #1670 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #1727 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #524 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 190 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As misc #40 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 52 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 88 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #281 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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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