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O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 68

O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 68
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Regan Printing House, Chicago, 1913
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O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians
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1
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GET UP EARLYTHE RAKES OF KILDARE-J:riJIG AND REEL FROM SAME STRAINSInstances of jigs and reels being evolved from the same strain, or of onebeing derived from the other, are more numerous than is generally supposed.Some pipers and fiddlers are surprisingly expert in that line of composition, oradaptation. A change of arrangement especially if in a different key, will often-times Constitute an apparently new tune.The most ordinary ear can discern the relationship existing between TheTemplehouse Jig and its offspring, The Templehouse Reel. Each in its classis a tune of distinct merit, though identical in tonality.V THE TEMPLEHOTJSE JIGTHE TEMPLEHOTJSE REELJACKSONS MORNING BRUSHA good example of a jig which grew from two to four strains in muchless than one generation is Jacksons Morning Brush, the best known of PiperJacksons Compositions. Following is the version of it as played by BernardDelaney and others of our best traditional musicians in Chicago.The earliest setting of this favorite jig is probably that taken from a MSS.collection of 1776 by Grattan flood and published in his recent work, The Storyof the Baqpite. It consists of only the first and third strains of Delaneys version.The setting which we find in volume one of Airds Selection of Scotch, English,Irish, and Foreign Airs, published in 1782, comprises the first, second and thirdstrains of our example without the second finish to the third.Buntings setting of this tune obtained from a piper in 1797 was extended-to four strains in the same order of sequence as ours, hut besides lacking thesecond finish before mentioned there are a 1 ew minor (lifterences not at all toits advantage.4 ti 5 T j irWr i J ij r i rr ifnii i 1I r*i r Lir rr i trWhile engaged in this line of demonstration we may as well submit forconsideration two settings of a popular reel which presents unmistakable evidenceof having been the subject of somewhat similar development. The first settinga printed in Havertys Three Hundred Irish Airs is named The UnfortunateCup of Tea.TIfE UNFORTUNATE CUP OF TEAfl ir rrrnTHE CUP OF TEAJiii *4 J i J r J j i jJJ J tJ :Jj jiiThe setting of this fine reel as printed in ONeills Dance Music of Ireland,was the version noted dow-n from the playing of James Kennedy, one of the famousfiddlers of the Irish Music Club of Chicago. Among the craft it was calledThe Cup of Tea.TRADITIONAL MusicAlthough convincing evidence has been presented, much more is available tosupport the claim that traditional Irish music has quite generally wandered fromits originals, in all of its different varieties. Even that Queen of Irish airs,The Coulin has its Old Coolin and a still more primitive version in the Petriecollections, and such a slashing marching tune as The Boyne Water is repre-sented by two apparently older versionsNos. 1529 and i oin the same reposi-tory of ancient irish music, disguised under Irish names of different import.A volume, much less a chapter, would scarcely do justice to this subject,but we trust examples enough have been submitted to furnish food for thoughtespecially to those who in their self-complacent attitude of musical infallibility,will tolerate no standard of excellence or perfection but their own.134 Irish .Minstrels and MusiciansThe Development of Traditional Iris / i Music i 5JACKSONS MORNING BRUSH
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1
page Number
68
periodical Author
O'Neill, Capt. Francis
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1913-01-01T00:00:00
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