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Tune ID#989 (Street Player)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Street Player about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AMPR (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Street Player, The / Ed Reavey's Favourite / Ed Reavy's Favorite / Cronin's Reel / Cronin's / Johnny Cronin's (1st in set Reavy's Medley on AMPR; 1st in set Cronin's on Sld 2) (also as polka on Sld 2) (composed by Ed Reavy)
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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).
~19761#1
[AMPR] Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).
~19965#2
[ST ES] Seamus Tansey. Easter Snow. Seamus Tansey (flute).
~19971.7#2
[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Seamus Tansey (flute).
20021.4#3
20022#1
[Sld 2] Slide. Harmonic Motion. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle, vocals), Daire Bracken (fiddle, strings, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals), Éamonn de Barra (flute, whistle, bodhrán, piano, harmonium, vocals).
~20031.16#2
[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Michael Clarkson (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Martin Mulhaire's #9
ST ES, WFO 1
Hunter's House
KCThtr
McGovern's Favourite
WFO 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Hunter's House
AMPR
Paddy Taylor's Reel
Sld 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 #10 in [P50] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels. [available]
As tune #112 in [ER] Joseph M. Reavy (compiler). The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy. [available]
As tune #142 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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): 1976