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Tune ID#1590 (Planxty Browne)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Planxty Browne about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording EOD (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):
Planxty Browne / Planxty Maggie Browne / Planxty Maggie Brown / Pléaráca an Bhrúnaigh / Maggie Brown's Favourite / Maggie Brown's Favorite / Maggie Brown's / Maggie Brown / Sweet Maggie Brown / Miss Brown's Fancy / Cadden's Fancy (also as set dance) (possibly by Turlough O'Carolan or by Nathaniel Gow)
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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).
192722#1
[FidDel] The Fiddler's Delight. Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945. Frank Quinn (fiddle), Joe Maguire (fiddle), Ed Gagan aka Ed Geoghegan (piano).
~195914#1
[LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes).
197814#2
[EOD] Eugene O'Donnell. Slow Airs and Set Dances. Eugene O'Donnell (fiddle). For this tune: with Mick Moloney (mandolin).
~197911#2
[FR] Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan. The Funny Reel. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).
19885#1
[Ch C] The Chieftains. A Chieftains Celebration. Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, harpsichord), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle).
~19977#1
[TMcCrthy] Tommy McCarthy. Sporting Nell. Tommy McCarthy (concertina, pipes, whistle). For this tune: (concertina).
199911#2
[MCnnly] Mick Conneely. Selkie. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki).
20025#2
[LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (fiddle).
201114#2
[DGrny 1] Dan Gurney. Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Dan Gurney (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Humors of Bandon		EOD, FR, MCnnly, DGrny 1
Drunken Gauger		LAC
Played beforeOn Albums
Orange Rogue		FR
Planxty Davis		Ch C

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 #692 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #110 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 243 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 180 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #180 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
As setd #21 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #295 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As tune #84 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [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
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