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O'Neill - Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 89

O'Neill - Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 89
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periodical Publisher
1922
periodical Editor
O'Neill, Capt. Francis
periodical Title
O'Neill - Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody
volume Number
1
issue Content
REELSThe Curragh RacesThe Templehouse ReelI- I . # -d jCapt. F. ONeillCapt. F. ONeillPipesOFa rrells Pocket Uompanwm 1804 -10_________ - I a151Airds Selections 1782-971 [ rr i )r.JF 4 r r [ rrr JJJ150 7JJ _ 7 1 J;Z285r r r________ ___ __ ____rrIn former ONeill publications JohnM Faddens setting of this reel wasgiven preference, being intheflorid style of that famous traditional fiddler. The version here presented memorized from lilting by the ed-itor in schoolboy days, may not be devoid of interest especially as the arrangement is suited to the scaleofthe Highland or Irish warpipes.$ JJ:j J j rr J : rrrr j _______286i r Fr :fr 1 rr f r rr rrrr juri rrrr rri trErr J J jr rrr VrAitho theTemplehouse Reelfirst appeared in print in the ONeill Collections, a more fluent settingof it memorized from the playing of Jimmy OBrien may be permissible. The latter, dealt with at consid-erable length in Irj8h Minstrels and Afu8icians hailed from the County Mayo, and was a very tasty per-former on the Irish or Union pipes. He died at Chicago in 1885.rr riUb112L JLJ J, ,&REELSMiss Ward1aw Reel__ __ _____287 _____ ______ _____ ______ ______ ______ ______firrr .i [ f i JThi __Greigsir r u:rr [ _288 _______ _________ __________ ______r:r:r:rr rrrr rr rrr:grr fTJ [ J : JjjjJflJT:T1 1 J-F:H JJ.IJJ: :p rrrrJ]i rrrrr I [ rJ J I JJ J :jffj :: rr rrr r ____I first heard of this tune twenty odd years ago, as being a favorite with James Quinn an oldtimeChicago piper, familiarly known as Old Man Quinn! Aitho Sergt. Early his relative and pupil hadlearned it, the tune never got into circulation among musicians. Being unfavorably impressed by theversion of (Greig s Pipes received with other tunes subsequently from Pat. Dunne of Kilbraugh,Tipper-ary, it was not included among the 1001 Gems in OIfeill Dance Music of Ireland.The piper in whose honor the tune had been named must have been a noteworthy performer, for al-most identical with the setting in OFarrella Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, is another InA Complete Repository of Old and iVew Scotch Strathspells, Reel8 and Jigs, Selected froni the WorksojNeilGow and Sons. Edinbwrgh 1805.As the talented Neil Gow was much inclined to plagiarism, and from the fact that the tune in questionhad been previously printed by Neil Stewart in 1762 and as early as 1779 by Joshua Campbell in a Col-lection of Reels composed by himself we may assume that Campbells claim to the composition ofGre sPipes is indisputable.a.. a - - - aaa
issue Number
1
page Number
89
periodical Author
O'Neill, Capt. Francis
issue Publication Date
1980-01-01T00:00:00
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O'Neill - Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody

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