Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2206 (O'Carolan's Farewell to Music)

Type
Piece
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
O'Carolan's Farewell to Music / O'Carolan's Farewell (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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
~198711#1[JOS 1] Jerry O'Sullivan. The Invasion. Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes).View album details
~20047#1[JK 4] James Kelly. Melodic Journeys. James Kelly (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 #699 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 76 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. [available]
On page 246 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [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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