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Tune ID#1377 (Murphy's Hornpipe)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Murphy's Hornpipe about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Shskn 10 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Murphy's Hornpipe / Murphy's / Murphys / Murphy's Hornpipes [sic] (as Name unknown on OMT)
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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).
~19596#2
[LNCB] Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band. Come to an Irish Dance Party. Willie Clancy (pipes), Martin Talty (pipes), Michael Falsey, J. C. Talty, Angela Merry (bass fiddle), Colm O'Connor (piano), Paddy Joe McMahon (accordion), Michael Sexton (accordion), Martin Malone (drums), Junior Crehan (fiddle), Christy Dixon (fiddle), Paddy Galvin (fiddle).
~19976#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).
~199910#2
[BRny 1] Brian Rooney. The Godfather. Brian Rooney (fiddle).
~19994#2
[KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes).
~199917#1
[OMT] Billy McComiskey, Brendan Mulvihill, and Zan McLeod. One More Time. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), and Zan McLeod (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, bass). For this tune: Brendan.
~20018#2
[HOP] Claire Byrne, Darragh Murphy, Barry Kerr, Patrick Davey. The Humours of Piping. Claire Byrne (pipes), Darragh Murphy (pipes), Barry Kerr (pipes), Patrick Davey (pipes). For this tune: Patrick (C pipes).
~20093#3
[LmKlly] Liam Kelly. Sweetwood. Liam Kelly (flute, whistle).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Cronin's Hornpipe
LNCB
Wicklow Hornpipe
Shskn 10
Pretty Maggie Morrissey
KR
Scully Casey's
BRny 1
Tomorrow Morning
HOP
An Comhra Donn
LmKlly

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 #1624 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #856 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 179 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As hp #2 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As hp #38 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 120 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [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