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Tune ID#1071 (Lady Anne Montgomery)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Lady Anne Montgomery about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JWh 8 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Lady Anne Montgomery / Lady Ann Montgomery / Lady Montgomery / Lady Anne / The Donegal / Ríl Dhún na nGall / The Shaskeen (2nd in set Reels on JReidy 3; 1st in set Lady Anne on AtR 3) (also in E)
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Discography cd

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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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~197412#3
[KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band].
~19752.21#2
[FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. John Whelan (accordion).
~197515#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: John Whelan (accordion).
~197615#1
[MMulc 1] Mick Mulcahy. Mick Mulcahy. Mick Mulcahy (accordion).
~197710#3
[BICM] Best of Irish Ceili Music. Disc 5 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Eamon Mitchell Group.
197812#1
[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle). For this tune: with Matt Molloy (flute).
~19812.1#2
[JReidy 3] Johnny Reidy. Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
~199717#2
[Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano).
199915#3
[JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).
~20002.3#2
[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. John Wynne (flute).
~20022#5 (8:03)
[Boh 3] Bohola. Bohola. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion), Sean Cleland (fiddle, viola, baritone fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, bouzouki, vocals).
~20022.6#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).
~200714#3
[GCB 2] The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside. Tom Flood (accordion), Johnny Duffy (banjo), Moyra Fraser (keyboard, vocals), Aidan Flood (drums).
~20085#1
[AtR 3] At the Racket. It's Not Racket Science. John Carty (fiddle, banjo), Séamus O'Donnell (flute, saxophone, vocals), Brian McGrath (piano, tenor guitar, banjo), Michael McCague (guitar, tenor guitar, bouzouki).
~201612#2
[BCstls 1] Brenda Castles. Indeedin You Needn't Bother. Brenda Castles (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Farrell O'Gara		FTIM, 4IC
Speed the Plough		KCB 3, MSCB
Come West along the Road		JReidy 3
Shaskeen		Shskn 10
Wise Maid		JWh 8
George White's Favourite		BICM
Mother's Delight		Boh 3
Ballinafad Fancy		WFO 1
Foxhunter's Reel		GCB 2
Harvest Moon		BCstls 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Dublin Reel		MMulc 1
Cooley's		NHTL
Humours of Tulla		JReidy 3
Maud Miller		Shskn 10
Rolling in the Ryegrass		Boh 3
Mill House		WFO 1
Grandpa Tommy's Ceílí Band		AtR 3
Eddie Moloney's		BCstls 1

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #22 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #50 in [LPF] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club. [available]
On page 161 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As reel #133 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 89 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
In [L] Alan's private loose music.
As tune #32 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 35 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 58 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #174 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1974
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