Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#177 (Blind Mary)
| Rhythm ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Air | D Major |
Blind Mary / Máire Dhall / Máire Chaoch (also in G) (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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1976 | 6#2 | [Ch 6] The Chieftains. 6. Bonaparte's Retreat. Paddy Moloney [misspelled as:] Maloney (pipes, whistle, bodhrán), Seán Potts (whistle, bodhrán), Martin Fay (fiddle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1983 | 9#1 | [JB 3] Joe Burke with Máire Ní Chathasaigh. The Tailor's Choice. Joe Burke (flute, whistle, accordion). |
| ~1993 | 10#1 | [JMd 1] Joanie Madden. A Whistle on the Wind. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle). For this tune: (whistle). |
| 1995 | 16#1 | [THny 1] Therese Honey. Mosaic. Therese Honey (harp). |
| ~1999 | 8#1 | [KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes). |
| ~2010 | 14#1 | [MCny 2] Michael Cooney. Just Piping. Michael Cooney (pipes). |
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 #655 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 233 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As tune #20 in [LPF] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club. |
| As tune #182 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. |
| As ocar #16 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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