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Tune ID#665 (Richard Dwyer's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Richard Dwyer's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PJHrn 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Richard Dwyer's / Richard Dwyer's Reel / Richie Dwyer's (G) / Richie Dwyer's / Richard Dwyer / Dwyer's / Ríl Uí Dhubhuir / The Fox on the Town / Fox in the Town / Finbar Dwyer's (2nd in set The Youngest Daughter on TrsCl; 1st in set Windwood on WFO 1; 3rd in set Maddy D's on TitK 2) (also in E or F) (composed by Richie Dwyer aka Richard Dwyer, or according to MM 4 and the HN book, by Finbar Dwyer)
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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).
~197812#2
[LCTM] Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire. Kiss Me Kate. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion).
~197815#1
[PJHrn 1] P.J. Hernon. P.J. Hernon. P.J. Hernon (accordion, melodeon). For this tune: (accordion), with Marcus Hernon (flute).
~197916#1
[DncOBrn] Donncha Ó Briain. Ceol ar an bhFeadóg Stáin. Irish Traditional Music On Tin Whistle. Donncha Ó Briain (whistle).
198311#3
[FG 2] Frankie Gavin. Croch Suas É. Up and Away. Frankie Gavin (flute, fiddle, whistle, accordion). For this tune: (Bb whistle, flute).
19908#1
[COG 1] Conal O Gráda. The Top of Coom. Conal Ó Gráda (flute).
~199112#3
[GOC 1] Gerry O'Connor. Time to Time. Gerry O'Connor (banjo, guitar, fiddle).
19953#2
[JMd 2] Joanie Madden. Song of the Irish Whistle. Joanie Madden (whistle, flute, percussion). For this tune: (whistle).
199614#2
[MM 4] Matt Molloy. Shadows on Stone. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: with Frankie Gavin (fiddle).
~199611#2
[TrsCl] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Loretto Reid (Eb whistle).
~19978#1
[SHernon] Seán Hernon. An Nóra Bheag. Seán Hernon (Eb whistle, banjo).
~20001.1#1
[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Garry Shannon (flute).
20018#3
[TitK 2] Trouble in the Kitchen. When the World Was Wide.... Adrian Barker (fiddle, vocals), Ben Stephenson (flute, whistle, bodhrán, backing vocals), Kate Burke (guitar, vocals), Joe Ferguson (bouzouki).
~20042.11#1
[RDwyr 3] Richie Dwyer. In a Creative Mood. 90 Original Traditional Compositions. Richie Dwyer (accordion, fiddle). For this tune: (accordion).
~20081#1
[TndUp] Brendan Mulholland, Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry. Tuned Up. Brendan Mulholland (flute), Brendan Hendry (fiddle), Paul McSherry (guitar).
201512#1
[JOR 2] Jason O'Rourke. The Northern Concertina. Jason O'Rourke (concertina). For this tune: (Bb/F concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Kiss Me Kate		LCTM
Glass of Beer		FG 2
Doctor Gilbert		GOC 1
Otter's Holt		JMd 2
Skylark		MM 4
Paddy Taylor's Reel		TrsCl
McGovern's Favourite		TitK 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Pride of the Bronx		PJHrn 1
Cathal McConnell's		COG 1
Billy Brocker's		SHernon
Lady on the Island		WFO 1
Spike Island Lassies		DncOBrn
Tap Room		TndUp
Roscommon Reel		JOR 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 #34 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. [available]
As tune #24 in [P50] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels. [available]
As reel #301 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #364 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #148 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #8 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
On page 42 of [RDw] Richie Dwyer. In a Creative Mood. [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): 1978
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