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Tune ID#4553 (Beauties of Ireland)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Beauties of Ireland about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JD 5 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Beauties of Ireland, The / Plúr ban na hÉireann / The Lancers Jig / The Lancers / The Silver Slipper (2nd in set The Silver Slipper on A LG)
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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).
~197421#1
[JD 5] John Doherty. The Floating Bow. John Doherty (fiddle).
~20006#1
[BMcNmr 1] Brian McNamara. A Piper's Dream. Brian McNamara (pipes). For this tune: (D pipes), with Deirdre McNamara (concertina).
~200512#2
[A LG] Altan. Local Ground. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, bouzouki, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, mandolin), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals).
~20107#2
[Dingle] The Music of Dingle. Jeremy Spencer (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Silver Slipper		A LG
Comb Your Hair and Curl It		Dingle
Played beforeOn Albums
Silver Slipper		JD 5
Under the Willows She Is Sleeping		BMcNmr 1
Wellington's Advance		Dingle

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 #980 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #384 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 170 of [Altan] Martin Tourish. Altan. The Tunes. [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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