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Tune ID#194 (Boolavogue)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Boolavogue about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording DD 7 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Waltz32AABAG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Boolavogue / Boulavogue (compare as air #3250)
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Discography cd

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~198710#3 (2:00)
[DD 7] De Dannan. Ballroom. Dolores Keane (vocals), Frankie Gavin (fiddle, viola, flute, whistle, piano), Martin O'Connor (accordion), Johnny (Ringo) McDonagh (bodhrán, bones, triangles), Caroline Lavelle (cello, vocals), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Palm Trees Wave on High
DD 7
Played beforeOn Albums
Pull Down the Blind
DD 7

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 recording listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #2 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 19 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [available]
As waltz #2 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As other #25 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [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): 1975