Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 973 (John Doherty's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Mazurka32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of John Doherty's
 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 CA (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):
John Doherty's / Johnny Doherty's Mazurka / James Byrne's Mazurka / Donegal Mazurka (1st in set Mazurkas Phroinsias Uí Mhaonaigh on CA; 1st in set Two Mazurkas on FS; 1st in set Gan Ainm on MV; 1st in set Tommy's Mazurkas on KC 2)
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
~19832#1[CA] Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. Ceol Aduaidh. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute).View album details
199113#1[FS] various. Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. View album details
~19919#1[MV] various. Maiden Voyage. Live Traditional Irish Music Session from Pepper's Bar, Feakle, Co. Clare. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Siobhán Peoples (fiddle), Andrew McNamara (accordion), Kevin Crawford (flute), P.J. King (accordion), Páraic Mac Donnchadha (banjo), Pat Marsh (bouzouki), Joe Bane (whistle), John Maloney (bodhrán), Séan Mac Donnchadha (vocals).View album details
200015#1[KC 2] Kevin Crawford. In Good Company. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle).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.

On page 15 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As mazurka #11 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #94 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [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): 1983
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