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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#7736 (Devil's Dream)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JByrne 1 (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	16	AB	E Dorian

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Devil's Dream, The / Stafford's Reel / Ríl Stafort (compare 1st part with 1st parts of Ceo na gCnoc #4457 and Humours of Castlefin #854)

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Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
1990	1.8#1	[JByrne 1] James Byrne. The Road to Glenlough. James Byrne (fiddle).

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 recording listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #285 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [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): 1968

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