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Tune ID#488 (Denis Murphy's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Denis Murphy's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TnRadio (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slide32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Denis Murphy's / Denis Murphy's Slide / Dennis Murphy's Slide / Denis Murphy's Slide No. 1 / The Dark Girl in Blue / Dark Girl in Blue / The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue / An Cailín Dubh i bhFeisteas Gorm / The Girl in the Dress / Padraic O'Keefe's Slide / Pádraig O'Keeffe's Slide / Sleamhnán Phádraig Uí Chuív / Pádraig O'Keefe's / Julia Clifford's Slide / Johnny Leary's / Sleamhnán Ghleanntáin / The Gleanntán Slide / The Gleanntan Slide / The Gleannán / Chris Kieran's Jig / Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1st in set Murphy's Slides on KoKerry; 2nd in set Pádraig O'Keeffe's Slides in book IFMCK) (also in E, also as strathspey on JOS 2) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Dawley's Delight #3885)
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Discography cd

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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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
194919#1
[TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. Paddy Cronin (fiddle).
197112#1
~19727#2
[TMacMn 1] Tony MacMahon. Tony MacMahon. Tony MacMahon (accordion).
~197312#3
[Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones).
~1977B.6#2
[CronBrk] Johnny Cronin and Joe "Banjo" Burke. Cronin and Burke. Johnny Cronin (fiddle), Joe "Banjo" Burke (banjo).
~19771.2#1
[KoKerry] Jimmy Doyle & Dan O'Leary. Traditional Music from the Kingdom of Kerry. Jimmy Doyle (accordion), Dan O'Leary (fiddle).
~19784#2
[SE 5] Seamus Ennis. The Fox Chase. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~199414#2
[AtMcGn 1] Antóin MacGabhann. Ar Aon Bhuille. Matching Beats. Antóin MacGabhann (fiddle).
199520#3
[JOL 3] Johnny O'Leary. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).
~19983#1
[JOS 2] Jerry O'Sullivan. The Gift. Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes, whistle, Scottish smallpipes, Irish warpipes). For this tune: (pipes).
200018#1
[ACB 1] The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin. Ger Murphy (accordion), Andrew O'Connell (fiddle), Liam Forde (banjo), Micheál Creedon (bass, keyboards).
200811#1
[LRCB] Lough Ree Ceili Band. Keep 'er Lit. Live from Spanish Point. Johnnie Duffy (banjo), Brendan Doyle (accordion), Liz Ryan (piano), Colin Butler (drums).
~201311#2
[DPower 3] David Power. The Eighteen Moloney. David Power (B pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Weavers
CronBrk, AtMcGn 1, JOL 3
Merrily Kissed the Quaker
TMacMn 1
Merrily Kiss the Quaker
Ch 3
Smash the Windows
SE 5
Billy O'Rourke Is the Boy
DPower 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Across the Road
TnRadio
Weavers
KoKerry
Jesse Smith
JOS 2
Brosna Slide
ACB 1
Merrily Kissed the Quaker
LRCB

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
On page 73 of [IFMCK] Drew Beisswenger. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. [available]
As tune #62 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #15 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
As tune #50 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #133 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 215 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
On page 63 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #63 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 74 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. [available]
As slide #8 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As sgjig #8 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #289 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]

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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1949