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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

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

Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?	Mode ?
Piece	G Minor

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

O'Carolan's Farewell to Music / Carolan's Farewell to Music / O'Carolan's Farewell (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)

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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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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1987	11#1	[JOS 1] Jerry O'Sullivan. The Invasion. Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes). For this tune: Jerry O'Sullivan (whistle), Rosalyn Briley (harp).
~1991	15#1	[BIABH 3] Bringing It All Back Home. Volume 3. Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp).
~2004	7#1	[JK 4] James Kelly. Melodic Journeys. James Kelly (fiddle).

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
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]
As tune #188 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903

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