Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1795 (Sonny's Mazurka)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MGm (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazurka | 32 | AABB | D Major |
Sonny's Mazurka / [misspelled as:] Sonnys Mazura / Sonny's Mazourka / Sonny Brogan's Mazurka / Sonny Brogans / Garret Barry's Mazurka / The Polka-Mazurka (4th in The New Set on Boys 3; 1st in set Sonny Brogan's Mazurkas on Ch CH) (compare adaptation as a jig #5848)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1.11#1 | [MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals). |
| 1973 | 8#1 | [WC 2] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 1. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). |
| ~1973 | 2#1 | [Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). For this tune: 1st time Sean Keane (fiddle), 2nd time Paddy Moloney (pipes). |
| ~1973 | 1.18#2 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Seamus Tansey (flute). |
| 1974 | 8#4 | [Boys 3] Boys of the Lough. Live at Passim. Dave Richardson (mandolin, banjo), Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McDonnell [sic for: Cathal McConnell] (flute, whistle), Robin Morton (bodhrán, concertina). |
| ~1981 | 12#2 | [CtL] Peg McGrath, Mary Mulholland, Kathleen Smyth. Cherish the Ladies. Disc 9 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Peg McGrath (flute), Kathleen Smyth (fiddle), Mary Mulholland (piano). |
| 1992 | 4#2 | [JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle). |
| 1992 | 8#1 | [Ch CH] The Chieftains. The Celtic Harp. A Tribute to Edward Bunting with the Belfast Harp Orchestra. Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, harpsichord). |
| ~2000 | 12#1 | [DH 3] Dan Herlihy and John Drew. The Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew. Dan Herlihy (accordion), John Drew (mandocello). |
| 2004 | 8#2 | [CFF 4] Celtic Fiddle Festival. Play on
. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle), André Brunet (fiddle), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle). For this tune: Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| 2005 | 10#1 | [BLch 2] Brendan P. Lynch. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music from the Heart of Fingal. Brendan P. Lynch (fiddle). |
| 2011 | 15#1 | [JigUp] The Jig Is Up!. First Steps. Judd Heartsill (accordion, flute), Larry Mallette (flute, whistle), Diehl Moran (fiddle, banjo), Matthew Lewis (guitar, flute, whistle), Robert Shaddox (bodhrán, vocals). |
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.
| On page 153 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #90 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| On page 263 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As tune #92 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 231 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. |
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): 1968