Spellan the Fiddler - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Hornpipe	32	AABB	G Major

Discography

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).
~1981	4#2	[BMc 1] Billy McComiskey. Makin' the Rounds. Irish Traditional Music. Billy McComiskey (accordion).
~1986	4#1	[SWlsh 4] Séamus Walshe. Traditional Music of Ireland on Button Accordion. Séamus Walshe (accordion).
~1990	4#1	[JWh 2] John Whelan. From the Heart. Traditional Irish Music. John Whelan (accordion).
1998	18#1	[JWh 6] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with Cillian Vallely (pipes), Jim Eagan (fiddle).
~2000	2#2	[EOR] Eoin Ó Riabhaigh. Tiomnacht. Handed On. Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (pipes).
~2003	1.4#1	[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Billy Clifford (flute).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
O'Donnell's Hornpipe	BMc 1
Tuamgraney Castle	EOR

Played before	On Albums
[untitled]	JWh 2, JWh 6
Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire	SWlsh 4
Madam If You Please	WFO 2

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 #1731 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #911 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 204 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As hp #67 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): 1903

Tune ID#1804 (Spellan the Fiddler)

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Discography

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Bibliography