Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2323 (House in the Glen)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | D Major |
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 AW (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
House in the Glen, The / The Little Thatched Cabin / McDermott's Fancy
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1971 | 7#1 | [AW] Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, with Felix Dolan. Atlantic Wave. Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion), James Keane (accordion). |
| ~1986 | 8#1 | [SEgn 1] Seamus Egan. Traditional Music of Ireland. Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, mandolin, whistle, pipes, tres). |
| 1995 | 2#1 | [JDr 2] Joe Derrane. Return to Inis Mór. Joe Derrane (accordion). |
| ~2002 | 12#1 | [Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle). |
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 #1088 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As (Treoir) in [L] Alan's private loose music. |
| On page 27 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| On page 68 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As jig #116 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
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