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Tune ID#5028 (Brian the Brave)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Mode ?
AirA Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Brian the Brave / Remember the Glories of Brian the Brave / Remenber [sic] the Glories of Brian the Brave / O'Carolan's Dream / Carolan's Dream / O'Carolan's Farewell to Music / Mollie Mac Alpin / Molly McAlpin (4th in set The Battle of Clontarf on OTPR) (also in A Minor or B Minor) (also as march) (compare as hornpipe Poll Ha'penny #701 and set dance Paul Halfpenny #1558) (composed by possibly by Turlough O'Carolan)
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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).
~19041.5#1
[FONC] The Francis O'Neill Cylinders. Thirty-two Recordings of Irish Traditional Music in America circa 1904. Patsy Touhey (pipes).
~19195#1
[PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes).
193110#4
[OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. The Fingal Trio: James Ennis (pipes), Frank O'Higgins (fiddle), John "Jake" Cawley (flute).
20127#1
[JKn 7] James Keane. Heir of the Dog. James Keane (accordion).
201611#1
[ACwMoss] Alison Perkins and Nicolas Brown. All Covered with Moss. Alison Perkins (fiddle, vocals), Nicolas Brown (B pipes, B flute). For this tune: Nick (B pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Gardener's Daughter		FONC
Hawk's Hornpipe		ACwMoss

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 #193 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #700 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 76 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. [available]
As tune #51 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 246 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #187 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [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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