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Tune ID#1339 (Morgan Magan)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Morgan Magan about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?Mode ?
PieceG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Morgan Magan / Planxty Morgan Magan / Morgan Macgann / Morgan's Magan / Murtach MacCana (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
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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).
~19732#1
[Ch 4] The Chieftains. 4. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). For this tune: 1st time Derek Bell (harp).
~19917#1
[CrlnAlbs] Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Chris Newman. The Carolan Albums. Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), Chris Newman (guitar).
19926#2
[BMu 2] Brendan Mulvihill, Donna Long. The Morning Dew. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Donna Long (piano). For this tune: 1st time Donna Long (piano).
~200011#1
[JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion).
~20168#1
[MOhAn] Micheál Ó hAlmhain. Tuile agus Trá. The Flowing Tide. Micheál Ó hAlmhain (flute).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Sliabh Geal gCua na Féile		BMu 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Craig's Pipes		BMu 2
Planxty Madam Maxwell		MOhAn

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.
On page 145 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
On page 196 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #92 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [available]
On page 8 of [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [available]
As ocar #21 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): 1973
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