Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 72 (Anderson's Reel)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Anderson's Reel
 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 LC 1 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Anderson's Reel / Anderson's / Andèrson's / Adersons / Ríl Mhic Aindriú / The Purring Girls of the Village / My Love Is on the Ocean / The Newly Mown Meadow / New Mown Meadows / The Threepenny Bit (3rd in set Tom Fitzmorris' on LC 1) (also parts reversed)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
19787#1[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle).View album details
~197814#3[LC 1] Liz Carroll. A Friend Indeed. Liz Carroll (fiddle).View album details
19903#1[COG] Conal O Gráda. The Top of Coom. Conal Ó Gráda (flute).View album details
~19969#1[JCt 2] John Carty. Last Night's Fun. John Carty (fiddle, banjo, flute).View album details
~20021.7#3[MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums).View album details
~20067#2[JasCt] James Carty. Upon My Soul. James Carty (flute).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 #163 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #10 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #31 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #7 in [P] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels.
As tune #58 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 1 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #3 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #163 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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 the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1963
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