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Tune ID#509 (Langton's Favorite)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Langton's Favorite about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TaisLFid (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel24AABA Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Langton's Favorite / Laington's Reel / Langston's Favorite / Dillon Brown / Diolún de Brún / Dillon Brown's Fancy / Dillan Brown's (as unlisted tune following My Love Is Fair and Handsome on TaisLFid; 3rd in set Gort to Texas to Honolulu on RT 1) (also 2nd part doubled)
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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).
~194932#3
[TaisLFid] Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album. Paddy Killoran (fiddle).
~19625#2
[JyHenry] Johnny Henry. One Out of the Fort. Johnny Henry (fiddle).
~19712.20#2
[FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Kevin Loughlin (accordion).
~19711#2
[AW] Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, with Felix Dolan. Atlantic Wave. Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion), James Keane (accordion). For this tune: Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion).
~197114#2
[4IC] Joe Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin, John Whelan. Pure Irish Traditional Accordion. Session with Four Irish Champions. Joe Burke (accordion), Finbarr Dwyer (accordion), Kevin Loughlin (accordion), John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: Kevin Loughlin (accordion).
19739#2
[KB SD] Kevin Burke. Sweeney's Dream. Fiddle Tunes from County Sligo, Ireland. Kevin Burke (fiddle).
~19783#2
[KB Cap] Kevin Burke. If the Cap Fits. Kevin Burke (fiddle). For this tune: with Jackie Daly (accordion).
~19951#3
[RT 1] Reeltime. Reeltime. Máirin Fahy (fiddle, vocals), Éilís Egan (accordion), Chris Kelly (guitar), Benny Hayes (piano, keyboards, ukelele, vocals).
~19952.5#3
[GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. Reeltime.
19981#4
[CFF 2] Kevin Burke / Johnny Cunningham / Christian Lemaître / Soïg Siberil. Celtic Fiddle Festival Encore. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Johnny Cunningham (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle), Soïg Siberil (guitar). For this tune: Kevin.
~20027#3
[BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). For this tune: with Andy (fiddle).
~20067#2
[JKgn 6] Josephine Keegan. The Fairy Bridges. Josephine Keegan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Charlie Mulvihill's Reel		FTIM, 4IC
Mason's Apron		KB SD, KB Cap
Plough and the Stars		RT 1, GL20
My Love Is Fair and Handsome		TaisLFid
Stony Steps		JyHenry
Atlantic Wave		AW
Star of Munster		CFF 2
Reel of Bogie		BCw 1
St. Anne's		JKgn 6

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 #258 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #117 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
On page 61 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As reel #176 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #247 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1949
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