Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2419 (Flowers of Redhill)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording WW 1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | A Dorian |
Flowers of Redhill, The / The Flowers of Red Hill / The Flowers of Redhill / Flowers of Red Hill / Bláthanna an Chnoic Rua / Bláthanna an tSléibhe Rua / Flowers of Red Hills / The Flowers of the Red Mill / Flowers of Red Mill / Maids of Fair Hill / Maids of Palestine / Anderson's / Paddy Taylor's Reel / Don't Be Foolish / The Hod Carrier / Jilly Neary's Favorite / The Wild Irishman / Micho Russell's (1st in set The Limestone Rock on Sld 1) (also in G Dorian) (compare It's a Hard Road to Travel #4663 and more distantly Flowers of Red Hill #649; compare 1st part with 1st part of Maud Millar #1237; compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Take Your Choice #1309)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 1#2 | [WW 1] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 1. John McKenna (flute). |
| ~1981 | 9#2 | [KOS] James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule. Traditional Music of Ireland. James Kelly (fiddle), Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Daithi Sproule (vocals, guitar). For this tune: Paddy O'Brien. |
| 1987 | 35#1 | [WmSullvn] William Sullivan. Traditional Irish Music. William Sullivan (accordion). |
| 1995 | 11#2 | [WaMoDub] Paul McGrattan, Paul O'Shaughnessy. Within a Mile of Dublin. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle). |
| ~1995 | 2#2 | [CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Pake Dwyer (whistle). |
| ~1998 | 2#2 | [KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). For this tune: with Maggie Healy (flute). |
| ~1998 | 2#3 | [MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). For this tune: Paul Brock (accordion), Kevin Crawford (flute). |
| 1999 | 5#1 | [Sld 1] Slide. The Flying Pig. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle), Daire Bracken (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki), Éamonn de Barra (flute, piano, keyboards, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (C whistle). |
| ~1999 | 30#1 | [MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Gregory Daly (flute), with Ted McGowan (bodhrán). |
| 2001 | 1#2 | [KlmFcy] Catherine McEvoy and John McEvoy. The Kilmore Fancy. Catherine McEvoy (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle). |
| ~2006 | 11#3 | [JasCt] James Carty. Upon My Soul. James Carty (flute). For this tune: with John P. (flute), John Carty (flute). |
| ~2007 | 3#1 | [PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle). For this tune: Peter Horan (flute). |
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 #254 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #9 in [P50] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels. |
| On page 29 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. |
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): 1928