Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#505 (Dick Gossip's)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D 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 ItS (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Dick Gossip's / Dick Gossip / Dick Gossip's Reel / Dicky Gossip's / The Castle (also with parts reversed)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1976 | 5 and 26#2 | [ItS] various. In the Smoke. |
| ~1992 | 17#2 | [MMM] various. Music at Matt Molloy's. |
| 1996 | 6#2 | [TF] Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule. A Thousand Farewells. Martin Dowling (fiddle), Christine Dowling (flute, vocals), Daithi Sproule (guitar). |
| 2001 | 10#1 | [PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin). |
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 #17 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #1 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 15 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 21 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #61 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As reel #175 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
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): 1974