Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#474 (Dawn)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | A 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 JC (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Dawn, The / Bánú an Lae / Miller's Reel / Miller's / Fáinne an Lae / The Dawning of the Day (also in G or D) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Twilight in Portroe #2851)
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.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 20#1 | [BFair] various. Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. |
| 1947 | 2#1 | [GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. |
| 1961 | 2.21#1 | [SltSdt] various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. |
| ~1962 | 10#1 | [JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion). |
| ~1993 | 5#3 | [JKn 2] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion). |
| ~2002 | 5#3 | [BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
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 #52 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| On page 189 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As reel #29 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 15 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 20 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium 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): 1929