Untitled / Gan Ainm Tunes in Books

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Books included in this report are:

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AW: Eithne Vallely, ed. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. 3 vols.

Volume
#tune number		Title as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
3#4 [untitled following "The Rolling Waves", or 2nd tune of set under this title] JigD #2417

B&S: D. Bulmer and N. Sharpley, eds. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.

Volume
#tune number		Title as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
2#21 Ril gan ainm Reel #1426
2#30 Ril gan ainm Reel #3087
2#55 Port luascaigh gan ainm JigSl #3402
2#66 Port singil gan ainm Slide #2102
3#11 Ril gan ainm Reel #1237
3#37 Ril gan ainm Reel #913
3#52 Port gan ainm JigD #3371
4#5 Ril gan ainm Reel #3084
4#11 Gan ainm Reel #1035
4#30 Ril gan ainm Reel #1102
4#46 Port gan ainm JigD #3332
4#50 Port gan ainm JigD #3088
4#52 Port gan ainm JigD #3089
4#54 Port gan ainm JigD #2853
4#67 Cornphiopa gan ainm Hpipe #2773
4#69 Cornphiopa gan ainm Hpipe #2400
4#78 Gan ainm Polka #3090
4#82 Port singil gan ainm Slide #3355
4#83 Port singil gan ainm Slide #2544
4#84 Port singil gan ainm Slide #1684
4#85 Port singil gan ainm Slide #3820
4#86 Port singil gan ainm Slide #1708
4#88 Port luascaigh gan ainm JigSl #1278
4#89 Port luascaigh gan ainm JigSl #855

CITM: Fintan Vallely, ed. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music.

Page numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
152 Untitled German BDnce #2096
280 Polka [untitled] Polka #2146

CRE 2: Breandán Breathnach, ed. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2 [second volume].

#Tune numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
#1 Gan ainm JigD #1528
#5 Gan ainm JigD #1526
#6 Gan ainm JigD #539
#21 Gan ainm JigD #251
#22 Gan ainm JigD #2368
#42 Gan ainm JigD #2515
#43 Gan ainm SgJig #787
#48 Gan ainm JigD #1921
#56 Gan ainm JigD #1528
#59 Gan ainm Slide #1555
#60 Gan ainm Slide #2482
#67 Gan ainm Slide #1027
#71 Gan ainm Slide #1555
#74 Gan ainm JigD #497
#77 Gan ainm Slide #3355
#79 Gan ainm Slide #885
#81 Gan ainm Slide #1242
#82 Gan ainm JigD #127
#85 Gan ainm Slide #2205
#86 Gan ainm Slide #1451
#87 Gan ainm Slide #1557
#89 Gan ainm Slide #3866
#90 Gan ainm Air #1831
#91 Gan ainm Slide #3746
#92 Gan ainm Slide #1378
#103 Gan ainm JigSl #1278
#106 Gan ainm JigSl #863
#108 Gan ainm Polka #4785
#109 Gan ainm Polka #974
#112 Gan ainm Polka #4049
#114 Gan ainm Polka #1418
#119 Gan ainm Polka #2630
#120 Gan ainm Polka #3769
#121 Gan ainm Polka #3768
#125 Gan ainm Polka #2209
#127 Gan ainm Polka #2209
#129 Gan ainm Polka #3840
#130 Gan ainm Polka #735
#139 Gan ainm Reel #904
#142 Gan ainm Reel #3357
#143 Gan ainm Reel #3066
#151 Gan ainm Reel #3657
#161 Gan ainm Reel #1762
#162 Gan ainm Reel #737
#163 Gan ainm Reel #913
#166 Gan ainm Reel #3012
#175 Gan ainm Fling #4024
#181 Gan ainm Reel #2960
#186 Gan ainm Reel #49
#187 Gan ainm Reel #3041
#191 Gan ainm Reel #1940
#197 Gan ainm Reel #866
#202 Gan ainm Reel #1965
#207 Gan ainm Reel #914
#210 Gan ainm Reel #1455
#212 Gan ainm Reel #1237
#219 Gan ainm Reel #2259
#221 Gan ainm Reel #421
#223 Gan ainm Reel #1982
#224 Gan ainm Hpipe #655
#226 Gan ainm Reel #421
#230 Gan ainm Reel #1763
#237 Gan ainm Reel #2297
#238 Gan ainm Reel #761
#241 Gan ainm Reel #1530
#245 Gan ainm Reel #1677
#246 Gan ainm Reel #763
#256 Gan ainm Reel #1937
#258 Gan ainm Reel #509
#269 Gan ainm Reel #1228
#275 Gan ainm Reel #1455
#279 Gan ainm Reel #610
#286 Gan ainm Reel #148
#288 Gan ainm Reel #1314
#290 Gan ainm Reel #1614
#292 Gan ainm / The Tap Room / Lord Edward / [in note:] Fitzgerald's / [in index:] Fitzgerald's Reel / The Blossom of the New Tree / Scotch Maggie / [in note:] The Lady's Top Dress / [in index:] The Ladies Top Dress / Granshaw Glens / Roll Out the Barrel / The Rakes of Abbey [compares to:] Baintreach na Radaireacht / Miss Fargherson's New Reel / The Scotch Bonnet / A Short Way to Heaven Reel #1876
#295 Gan ainm Reel #417
#300 Gan ainm Hpipe #332
#307 Gan ainm Hpipe #427

F: S. C. Hamilton. The Irish Flute Player's Handbook.

Page numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
66 1st Polka [untitled] Polka #1187

FMH: Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook.

Title as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
Title Unknown [untitled preceding Sweet Biddy Daly] JigD #1950

HN: Henrik Norbeck, ed. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes.

Tune numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
jig #279 no name JigD #2947
jig #285 no name JigD #3051
jig #299 no name JigD #3042
polka #44 no name Polka #1418
polka #59 no name Polka #942
reel #268 no name Reel #4027
reel #508 no name Reel #3849
reel #527 no name Reel #3702
reel #539 no name Reel #3431
slipjig #47 slip jig [untitled] JigSl #1991

M2: Phil Rubenzer, ed. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.

Page numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
137 Gan ainm JigD #1216

MM: Martin Mulvihill, ed. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

Section
#tune number		Title as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
hp #33 Hornpipe [untitled] Hpipe #1786
misc #29 No Name [1st tune for The Waves of Torey] Polka #2007
misc #36 No Name [2nd tune for Walls of Limerick] Polka #2875
misc #37 No Name Polka #612
misc #40 Reel [untitled 3rd tune for The Sixteen Hand Reel] Reel #1653
misc #28#1 No Name [2nd and 3rd parts of] The Waves of Torey 1st Selection Polka #3117
polka #2 Polka [untitled] Polka #105
polka #3 Polka [untitled] Polka #1567
polka #4 Polka [untitled] Polka #4033
polka #8 Polka [untitled] Polka #1550
polka #9 Polka [untitled] Polka #1952
polka #10 Polka [untitled] Polka #106
polka #11 Polka [untitled] Polka #107
polka #13 Polka [untitled] Polka #1860
polka #14 Polka [untitled] Polka #2145
polka #15 Polka [untitled] Polka #2448
polka #17 Polka [untitled] Polka #735
reel #13 Reel [untitled] Reel #1033
reel #62 Reel [untitled] Reel #148
reel #93 Reel [untitled] Reel #4610
reel #94 Reel [untitled] Reel #420
reel #114 Reel [untitled] Reel #3902
reel #127 Reel [untitled] Reel #3702
reel #164 Reel [untitled] Reel #4037
reel #165 Reel [untitled] Reel #199
reel #167 Reel [untitled] Reel #553
reel #168 Reel [untitled] Reel #3557
reel #169 Reel [untitled] Reel #1614
reel #170 Reel [untitled] Reel #656
reel #171 Reel [untitled] SgJig #1018
reel #173 Reel [untitled] Reel #2725
reel #207 Reel [untitled] Reel #727
reel #222 Reel [untitled] Reel #1049
reel #224 Reel [untitled] Reel #1669
reel #227 Reel [untitled] Reel #1632
reel #231 Reel [untitled] Reel #2844
slide #8 Slide [untitled] Slide #432
slide #10 Slide [untitled] Slide #2060
slide #11 Slide [untitled] Slide #1451
slide #12 Slide [untitled] Slide #2095
slide #13 Slide [untitled] Slide #2038
slide #14 Slide [untitled] Slide #978
slide #15 Slide [untitled] Slide #1615
slide #16 Slide [untitled] Slide #3823

R: Francis Roche, ed. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols.

Volume
#tune number		Title as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
2 (p. 66) [untitled] Jig Spirited JigSl #668
2#296#2 [untitled] 2nd and 4th [time during] 2nd Fig. [of quadrille:] Off to Skelligs Polka #87
2#296#3 [untitled 3rd figure of quadrille:] Off to Skelligs SgJig #126
2#296#4 [untitled] 2nd and 4th [time during] 4th Fig. [of quadrille:] Off to Skelligs Polka #829
2#296#5 [untitled] 1st and 3rd [time during] 5th Fig. [of quadrille:] Off to Skelligs Polka #2007
2#296#5 [untitled] 2nd and 4th [time during] 5th Fig. [of quadrille] Off to Skelligs Polka #3117
2#297#3 [untitled] 3rd Fig. [of quadrille:] Orange and Green Slide #3810
2#297#4 [untitled] 2nd & 4th [time during] 4th Fig. [of quadrille:] Orange and Green Polka #2011
2#297#4 [untitled] 1st and 3rd [time during] 4th Fig. [of quadrille:] Orange and Green Polka #2885
2#297#4 [untitled 8-bar introduction to:] 4th Fig. [of quadrille:] Orange and Green Polka #612
2#297#6 [untitled] 6th Fig. [of quadrille:] Orange and Green Slide #3382
2#299 [untitled] JigD #2395
2#300 [untitled] Polka #974
2#302 [untitled] Polka #877
2#304 [untitled] Polka #3640
2#305 [untitled] Slide #1557
2#306 [untitled] Polka #1009
2#307 [untitled] Slide #1973
2#308 [untitled] Polka #923
2#312 [untitled] Slide #1430
2#314 [untitled] JigD #3377
3#120 [untitled] Polka #2876
3#132 [untitled] Slide #4520
3#134 [untitled] Slide #3130
3#135#2 [untitled 4th and 5th parts within:] an rinnce mór / [in volume and book indexes:] An Rinnce Mor JigD #2395
3#136#1 [untitled 1st part of:] The Waves of Torey March #4228
3#136#2 [untitled 2nd part of:] The Waves of Torey Polka #3117
3#137#1 [untitled 1st part of:] The Walls of Limerick [in book index only:] Walls of Limerick Reel #1147
3#137#2 [untitled 2nd tune for:] The Walls of Limerick [in book index only:] Walls of Limerick Polka #2007

T: Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition.

Page numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
22 Hornpipe [untitled] Hpipe #823
25 Slide [untitled] Slide #1451

TOC: Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland.

Page numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
30 [untitled] JigD #1469

WC: Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy.

#Tune numberTitle as given in this bookRhythmID (click for tune info)
#25 Unknown [untitled] Reel #212
#27 Unknown [untitled] Reel #607
#53 Unknown [untitled] Reel #206
#57 Unknown [untitled] JigD #4115
#70 Unknown [untitled] SgJig #3293
#79 Unknown [untitled] SgJig #103
#81 Unknown [untitled] Reel #416
#98 Unknown [untitled] Hpipe #2460
#146 Fling No. 1 [untitled] Fling #2643
#149 Fling No. 2 [untitled] SgJig #2073
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