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Tune ID#808 (Harvest Home)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Harvest Home about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BtB (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Harvest Home, The / Baile an Fhómhair / Harvest Homes / Harvest Time / Féasta an Tarlaithe / The Harvest-Home Feast / The Cork Hornpipe / The Cincinnati Hornpipe / [misspelled as:] The Cincinatti Hornpipe / Fairy Haunts (1st in set The Morning Fair on OTUS2) (also in G) (compare Higgins' #2407)
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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).
~191921#1
[PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes).
19211.10#1
[PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon).
19232#1
19365#1
[BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle). For this tune: Paddy Killoran (fiddle).
19379#1
19371.3#1
[NBoyle] Néillidh Boyle. A Feeling in the Blood. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Néillidh Boyle (fiddle).
~19472.2#2
[JDrn] Johnny Doran. The Bunch of Keys. Johnny Doran (pipes).
19492.13#1
19493.7#1
19512.27#1
[MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: Michael Gorman (fiddle), Mick Flynn (flute).
19531.29#1
[NBoyle] Néillidh Boyle. A Feeling in the Blood. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Néillidh Boyle (fiddle).
19551.7#1
[JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle).
196010#1
[ECr] Elizabeth Crotty. Concertina Music from West Clare. Elizabeth Crotty (concertina).
19601.19#2
[SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Johnny Pickering (fiddle).
19735#1
[WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
19731.22#1
[WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
197430#1
[JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals).
197818#2
[KKgn] Kevin Keegan. The Music of Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan (accordion). For this tune: with (banjo).
~19831.2#1
[Boys 10] Boys of the Lough. Open Road. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar, acoustic bass guitar). For this tune: Cathal (F whistle).
~198515#4
[Blasket] Beauty an Oileáin. Music and Song of the Blasket Islands. Muiris Ó Dálaigh (C melodeon).
19901.18#1
[MR 10] Micho Russell. Rarities and Old Favorites 1949-1993. Micho Russell (whistle, flute, vocals). For this tune: (whistle).
~199322#1
[JCnly 1] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). For this tune: (C melodeon).
~19937#1 (1:00)
[MR 7] Micho Russell. In Our Own Dear Land. Micho Russell (whistle, flute, vocals). For this tune: (C whisle).
~19987#1
[BG 6] Bobby Gardiner. The Clare Shout. Bobby Gardiner (melodeon, lilting). For this tune: (D melodeon).
~20022.8#2
[MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums).
~20045#2
[OHrth] Mary Mac Namara, Andrew Mac Namara. Open Hearth. Mary Mac Namara (concertina), Andrew Mac Namara (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Sweep's Hornpipe
JDrn
Wily Old Bachelor
SltSdt
Off to California
KKgn
Off She Goes
Blasket
Plains of Boyle
MSCB
Peacock's Feather
OHrth
Played beforeOn Albums
Derry Hornpipe
OTUS2, BtB, JV
Green Mountain
GD, NBoyle, MDhrty
Rickett's Hornpipe
PJConlon
High Level
JDrn
Gravel Walks
MDhrty
Liverpool Hornpipe
ECr
Higgins' Hornpipe
JD 3
Toss the Feathers
Boys 10
Home Brew
MR 10
Boys of Bluehill
JCnly 1
Bantry Bay
MSCB

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 #1603 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #847 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #223 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #44 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As tune #85 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 207 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 23 of [Ba] Betty M. Barlow. Fiddle Tunes for the Violinist. [available]
On page 131 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #292 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 205 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As hp #29 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #56 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session 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