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Tune ID#1819 (St. Anne's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of St. Anne's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MR 8 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
St. Anne's / Saint Anne's / Saint Anne's Reel / St. Annes / St Anne / Anna Naofa / Ríl San Áine / The Skylark (also parts reversed) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Dick Sand's Hornpipe #506 and with 1st part of Jackson's Polka #4934)
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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).
19571.11#1
[SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Denis Murphy (fiddle).
~19799#3
[MOC 1] Martin O'Connor. The Connachtman's Rambles. Martin O'Connor (accordion).
~19791.7#3
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). For this tune: with Seamus Connolly (fiddle), Joe Burke (flute).
~198812#3
[SW] Silly Wizard. Live Wizardry.
199222#2
[MR 8] Micho Russell. Ireland's Whistling Ambassador. Micho Russell (whistle, vocals). For this tune: (C whistle).
~199314#2
[Shskn 6] Shaskeen. My Love Is in America. Tom Cussen (banjo), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán), Sean Conway (flute, whistle, guitar, vocals), Charlie Harris (accordion), Kevin Rohan (fiddle, vocals).
~19942#2
[SRn 2] Seán Ryan. Minstrel's Fancy. Cliaraí Ceoil. Seán Ryan (whistle).
20048#1
[SGrant] Seamus Grant. Traditional Fiddle Playing from Inishowen. Seamus Grant (fiddle).
~20067#1
[JKgn 6] Josephine Keegan. The Fairy Bridges. Josephine Keegan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Chicago Reel		MOC 1
Donegal Reel		AWhyte
Toss the Feathers		SW
Miss Monaghan		Shskn 6
Miss McLeod		SRn 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Wise Maid		Shskn 6, SGrant
Silver Spear		SltSdt
Lexy Macaskill's Reel		SW
Sporting Nell		MR 8
Langton's Favorite		JKgn 6

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 #8 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On pages 243-244 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #47 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 59 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 59 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 102 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
On page 102 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #300 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): 1957
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