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Tune ID#1313 (Miss Patterson's Slipper)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Miss Patterson's Slipper about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording HG (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBE Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Miss Patterson's Slipper / Miss Patterson's Slippers / Slipéir Iníon Mhic Pháidín / Miss Patterson / Master Crowley's / Master Crowley's No. 1 / Master Crowley / Master Crowley's Reel / Crowley's Reel / Shark's Favorite / Clarke's Favorite / John Bowe's / Na Coinnle Corra / The Bluebells / The Roscommon Reel / Raymond Roland's (2nd in set Medley of Reels including "The Bridge of Athlone" on LHGBoys / 1st in set Master Crowley's Reels on HG and IFM; 1st in set Master Crowley's on FkKelly and JKn 5; 1st in alternating pair of tunes labeled Miss Patterson's Slippers on JD 4 and labeled Miss Patterson's Slipper on NMCMM and in book NF; 1st in set Miss Patterson's Slippers on Beg 1) (also 1st part or both parts singled; also in D Dorian) (compare John Doherty setting #4686)
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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).
193423#2
[LHGBoys] "Let Her Go Boys!". Frank Quinn's Irish Orchestra: Frank Quinn (fiddle, accordion), Jim Clark (fiddle), unknown (flute).
193510#3
19373#1
[HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle).
193723#1
[IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle).
~19652.17#1
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
19717#1
[TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle).
197714#1
[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).
~19804#1
[JKn 2] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion).
~198014#1
[BigSq] The Big Squeeze. Masters of the Celtic Accordion. James Keane (accordion).
~19884#1
[LC 2] Liz Carroll. Liz Carroll. Liz Carroll (fiddle).
~19942#2
[NMCMM] The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. Maria Terres (fiddle).
19965#1
[FkKelly] Frank Kelly. Memories of Hughie Gillespie. Frank Kelly (fiddle).
~19969#1
[JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano).
~19962.17#1
199712#2
[Beg 1] Beginish. Beginish. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki).
19988#1
[JKn 5] James Keane. Sweeter as the Years Roll By. James Keane (accordion).
~19986#3
[TitK 1] Trouble in the Kitchen. Down the Broom. Ade Barker (fiddle, vocals), Dan Gordon (flute), Kate Burke (guitar, harmonium, vocals), Joe Ferguson (bouzouki), Ben Stephenson (bodhrán, whistle). For this tune: Ade (fiddle).
~200013#8
[JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion).
~20075#2
[KB ABR] Kevin Burke and Cal Scott. Across the Black River. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Cal Scott (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, mountain dulcimer).
201115#1
[DGrny 1] Dan Gurney. Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Dan Gurney (accordion).
~20171#3
[LOCnr] Liam O'Connor. The Loom. Liam O'Connor (fiddle, bass fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jenny's Wedding
LHGBoys
Traveller
GD
[untitled]NMCMM
Greencastle Hornpipe
Beg 1
Mountain Top
TitK 1
Come West along the Road
JNolan
Boys of the Lough
KB ABR
Imelda Roland's
LOCnr
Played beforeOn Albums
Roscommon Reel
HG, IFM, JD 4, JKn 2, BigSq, NMCMM, FkKelly, Beg 1, JKn 5
Jug of Punch
JB 4, GL20
Dowd's No. 9
AWhyte
Pigeon on the Gate
LC 2
Red-Haired Lass
TitK 1
Jackson's
JNolan
Seán sa Cheo
KB ABR
Berehaven
DGrny 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 #1407 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #227 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #44 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 133 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 71 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As tune #180 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #81 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #71 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
On page 16 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
On page 44 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 72 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #200 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #143 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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): 1903