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Tune ID#2000 (Corney Drew's Hornpipe)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Corney Drew's Hornpipe 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 6 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Corney Drew's Hornpipe / Corney Drew's / Corney Drew / Teresa Halpin's / Teresa Halpin's Reel / Teresa Halpins Reel / Micho Russell's (2nd in set Tailor's Twist on Plx 6) (also as reel) (compare Trip to Birmingham #1566 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Sirius Reel #8832; note distant similarity of 1st part to 1st part of Cronin's #414)
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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).
~19804#2
[Plx 6] Planxty. The Woman I Loved so Well. Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, synthesizer), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Christy Moore (guitar, bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: Liam O'Flynn (pipes).
20021.10#1
[KCThtr] Live from the Katharine Cornell Theater. Traditional Irish Music. 1st time Seán McElwain (banjo), then with Téada: Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), John Blake (flute).
20029#3
[BBg 3] Brendan Begley. It Could Be a Good Night Yet! Oíche go Maidean. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich/Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals). For this tune: (C#/D accordion).
~20022#1
[Tda 1] Téada. Téada. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, vocals, whistle, piano), John Blake (flute, whistle, guitar, piano), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki, vocals), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Seán (banjo).
200812#1
[WndnRds] Paudie O'Connor and John O'Brien. Wind and Reeds. Paudie O'Connor (accordion, whistle), John O'Brien (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (Bb pipes), (G/G# accordion).
201910#1
[TDCHTM] Francis and Áine O'Connor. They Didn't Come Home until Morning. Francis O'Connor (flute), Áine O'Connor (fiddle).
20192#2
[THill] Tim Hill. Music at the Gate. Uilleann Pipes. Ceol ag an nGeata. Tim Hill (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Tailor's Twist
Plx 6
An Trí is a Rian
BBg 3
Humors of Castle Bernard
THill
Played beforeOn Albums
Rathlin Island
KCThtr, Tda 1
Turkey in the Straw
WndnRds
Father Dollard's Hornpipe
TDCHTM

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 #1713 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #903 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #138 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 200 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [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