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29 Mar 03 - 02:49 PM (#921324) Subject: Tune Req: Farewell to Glen Owen From: GUEST,MichaelM Anyone have this tune handy? Or can tell me a good source? Thanks MichaelM |
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29 Mar 03 - 02:59 PM (#921333) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Farewell to Glen Owen From: Malcolm Douglas From The Fiddler's Companion: GLEANN EOGHAIN. AKA and see "Glen Owen," "Haye's Fancy," "The Celebrated Opera Reel," "Doon Reel" [3], "Opera Reel." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian/G Major. Standard. ABC. Breathnach (1976) finds the tune under the title "The Celebrated Opera Reel" in a manuscript from Tipperary. Source for notated version: fiddler Denis Murphy, 1967 (Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry, Ireland), who had the tune from his mentor, Padraig O'Keeffe [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 154, pg. 82. Notation for Gleann Eoghain, The Opera Reel and The Doon Reel can be found at JC's ABC tune finder. |
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29 Mar 03 - 03:02 PM (#921336) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Farewell to Glen Owen From: GUEST With blinding speed and staggering detail I am answered and left agog. MichaelM |