Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#509 (Langton's Favorite)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AW (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | A Major |
Langton's Favorite / Laington's Reel / Langston's Favorite / Dillon Brown / Dillon Brown's Fancy / Dillan Brown's (also 2nd part singled)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1971 | 2.20#2 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Kevin Loughlin (accordion). |
| ~1971 | 1#2 | [AW] Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, with Felix Dolan. Atlantic Wave. Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion), James Keane (accordion). For this tune: Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion). |
| ~1971 | 14#2 | [4IC] Joe Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin, John Whelan. Pure Irish Traditional Accordion. Session with Four Irish Champions. Joe Burke (accordion), Finbarr Dwyer (accordion), Kevin Loughlin (accordion), John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: Kevin Loughlin (accordion). |
| 1973 | 9#2 | [KB SD] Kevin Burke. Sweeney's Dream. Fiddle Tunes from County Sligo, Ireland. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| ~1978 | 3#2 | [KB Cap] Kevin Burke. If the Cap Fits. Kevin Burke (fiddle). For this tune: with Jackie Daly (accordion). |
| ~1995 | 1#3 | [RT] Reeltime. Reeltime. Máirin Fahy (fiddle, vocals), Éilís Egan (accordion), Chris Kelly (guitar), Benny Hayes (piano, keyboards, ukelele, vocals). |
| ~1995 | 2.5#3 | [GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. Reeltime. |
| 1998 | 1#4 | [CFF 2] Kevin Burke / Johnny Cunningham / Christian Lemaître / Soïg Siberil. Celtic Fiddle Festival Encore. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Johnny Cunningham (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle), Soïg Siberil (guitar). |
| ~2002 | 7#3 | [BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
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 very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #258 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| On page 61 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As reel #176 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As reel #247 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): 1966