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Tune ID#4488 (Bantry Bay)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Bantry Bay about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SDI 1 (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):
Bantry Bay / Bá Bheanntraí / Camus Bheanntraí / The Bantry Bay Hornpipe / The Union Hornpipe / Sean Bhean Bhocht / An Sean Bhean Bhocht / Seanbhean bocht / Little Stack of Wheat (2nd in an alternating pair of tunes originally titled The Royal Stack of Barley on RtHMad; 2nd in set Stack of Barley Medley on MC 2; 2nd in Stack of Barley Set on CLnn 2; 2nd in set Stack of Barley on AtR 3) (also in A)
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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).
192712#2
[RtHaMtD] Round the House and Mind the Dresser. Michael Coleman (fiddle), Packie Dolan (fiddle).
~19445#2
[MC 2] Michael Coleman. The Enduring Magic. Michael Coleman (fiddle).
19922.7#2
[SDI 1] Set Dances of Ireland. Volume 1. Michael Tubridy (flute), Tommy McCarthy (concertina), Junior Crehan (fiddle), Eamon McGivney (fiddle).
~20022.8#3
[MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums).
~20058#1
[DPower 2] David Power. My Love Is in America. David Power (pipes).
~20071.2#2
[CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards).
~20083#2
[AtR 3] At the Racket. It's Not Racket Science. John Carty (fiddle, banjo), Séamus O'Donnell (flute, saxophone, vocals), Brian McGrath (piano, tenor guitar, banjo), Michael McCague (guitar, tenor guitar, bouzouki).
201113#1
[MDORlgh] MacDara Ó Raghallaigh. Ego Trip. MacDara Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle).
~201613#1
[MSheehy] Michael Sheehy. The Cat's Rambles. Music from the Sliabh Luachra Tradition.. Michael Sheehy (piano accordion).
201914#1
[DDbhl 2] Dén Díobháil. Nuadán. Cárthach Ó Faoláin (accordion, melodeon, shruti box, vocals), Iarlaith MacGabhann (flute), Macdara Ó Faoláin (bouzouki, fiddle, piano, vocals), Pax Ó Faoláin (fiddle, bodhrán, vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Stack of Barley		RtHaMtD, MC 2, SDI 1, CLnn 2, AtR 3
Harvest Home		MSCB
Played beforeOn Albums
Stack of Barley		DPower 2
Stack of Wheat		CLnn 2
Rights of Man		MDORlgh
Red-Haired Boy		MSheehy
Edenderry Reel		DDbhl 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 #1573 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #823 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #219 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #108 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 112 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
On page 168 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #290 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As hp #33 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
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