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Tune ID#474 (Dawn)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBA Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Dawn
 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)

cd 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). Album details
and contents
192920#1[BFair] various. Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. View album details
19472#1[GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. View album details
19612.21#1[SltSdt] various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. View album details
~196210#1[JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion).View album details
~19935#3[JKn 2] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion).View album details
~20025#3[BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle).View album details

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. [available]
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