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Tune ID#1595 (Planxty Irwin)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Planxty Irwin about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Plx 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Piece32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Planxty Irwin / Planxty Irwine / Planxty Erwin / Colonel John Irwin / O, Banquet Not (used as air for song Oh, Banquet Not in those Shining Bowers in book Crln) (also in D) (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).
~19733#1
[Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán). For this tune: Andy Irvine (hurdy gurdy), Liam O'Flynn (pipes).
~19913#1
[CrlnAlbs] Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Chris Newman. The Carolan Albums. Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), Chris Newman (guitar).
199513#1
[THny 1] Therese Honey. Mosaic. Therese Honey (harp).

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 #677 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #26 in volume 3 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 239 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 220 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
On page 43 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #59 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [available]
On page 19 of [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [available]
As ocar #13 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #88 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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