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Tune ID#1795 (Sonny's Mazurka)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Sonny's Mazurka about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MGm (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Mazurka32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sonny's Mazurka / [misspelled as:] Sonnys Mazura / Sonny's Mazourka / Sonny Brogan's Mazurka / Sonny Brogan's / Sonny Brogans / Sonnys / Garret Barry's Mazurka / The Polka-Mazurka (4th in The New Set on Boys 3; 1st in set Sonny Brogan's Mazurkas on Ch CH) (also in G or C) (compare adaptation as a jig #5848)
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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).
19681.11#1
[MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals).
19738#1
[WC 2] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 1. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).
19731.16#1
[WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
~19732#1
[Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. 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 Sean Keane (fiddle), 2nd time Paddy Moloney (pipes).
~19731.18#2
19748#4
[Boys 3] Boys of the Lough. Live at Passim. Dave Richardson (mandolin, banjo), Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McDonnell [sic for: Cathal McConnell] (flute, whistle), Robin Morton (bodhrán, concertina).
~197810#1
[StWing 1] Stockton's Wing. Stockton's Wing. Jigs, Reels & Songs. Maurice Lennon (fiddle), Tommy Hayes (bodhrán, jew's harp), Kieran Hanrahan (banjo, harmonica, bouzouki), Paul Roche (flute, whistle), Tony Callanan (vocals, guitar, bouzouki).
~198112#2
[CtL] Peg McGrath, Mary Mulholland, Kathleen Smyth. Cherish the Ladies. Disc 9 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Peg McGrath (flute), Kathleen Smyth (fiddle), Mary Mulholland (piano).
19924#2
[JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle).
19928#1
[Ch CH] The Chieftains. The Celtic Harp. A Tribute to Edward Bunting with the Belfast Harp Orchestra. Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, harpsichord).
~19934#2
[BG 5] Bobby Gardiner. The Master's Choice. Bobby Gardiner (accordion).
~200012#1
[DH 3] Dan Herlihy and John Drew. The Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew. Dan Herlihy (accordion), John Drew (mandocello).
20048#2
[CFF 4] Celtic Fiddle Festival. Play on. . .. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle), André Brunet (fiddle), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle). For this tune: Kevin Burke (fiddle).
200510#1
[BLch 2] Brendan P. Lynch. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music from the Heart of Fingal. Brendan P. Lynch (fiddle).
~200518#1
[CmA 2] The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place. Verona Ryan (fiddle).
201115#1
[JigUp] The Jig Is Up!. First Steps. Judd Heartsill (accordion, flute), Larry Mallette (flute, whistle), Diehl Moran (fiddle, banjo), Matthew Lewis (guitar, flute, whistle), Robert Shaddox (bodhrán, vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Johnny McIljohn's Reel
Boys 3
Hewlett
CtL
Shoe the Donkey
BG 5
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór
FTIM
Promenade
CFF 4
Played beforeOn Albums
Irish Mazurka
StWing 1, JRyan, Ch CH
Shoe the Donkey
DH 3, BLch 2
Tommy Hunt's Jig
Ch 3
Sonny's Mazurka
Boys 3
Barnacle Redowa
CmA 2
Miss Lyon's Fancy
JigUp

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 153 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #90 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 263 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #92 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 231 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional 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): 1968