Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#4522 (Lord Wellington's Reel)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | G 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 JnKlly (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Lord Wellington's Reel / Lord Wellington / Tiarna Wellington / The Fairy Hurlers / The Galway Rambler / Paddy Finlay's Favourite / Walsh's Favourite (1st in set Wellington Reels on IFM; untitled tune between Atlantic Wave and Silver Spear on OMT) (also in A) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Galway Rambler #696)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 12#1 | [IFM] various. Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. |
| 1975 | 21#1 | [JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 1#2 | [OMT] Billy McComiskey, Brendan Mulvihill, and Zan McLeod. One More Time. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), and Zan McLeod (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, bass). |
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 #199 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
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): 1923