Blackbird (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	667b6 5357b
Also known as	Londubh (An), Once on a morning of sweet recreation, Bonny Lass of Aberdeen (The), Napoleon Crossing the Rhine
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Set Dance
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4, 2/4, 2/2
History	IRELAND(Munster)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:O'Farrell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Pocket Companion vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 132
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1806
Artist	Biography:Andy McGann, Biography:Joe Burke & Felix Dolan
Title of recording	Tribute to Michael Coleman (A)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shaskeen Records OS-360
Year recorded	1966
Media	The Blackbird Played by The Forge Band Source: Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/the-forge-band/the-blackbird)
Score (1)	The Blackbird

Blackbird (1) (The): Annotations

X:1 T:The Blackbird [1] R:set piece N:Dance by Keily, a Limerick dancing master S:Mike Rafferty Z:Lesl M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/2=60 K:Dmix d3A|:[M:C|] BGBd cABG|AGFG ABcA|d2de fdAF|GAGF D2 DE|[1 FEFG ABcA|d2de fdAF|[M:3/2] GAGF D2DA d3A:| [2 [M:C|] FEFG ABfe|d2de fdAF|[M:3/2] GAGF D2DA d3 e|| |:[M:C|] fede ffg2|abag fgaf|g2gf gbag|fagf d2 de| fede ffg2|abag fgaf|[M:3/2]g~g2f d2d>^c defg| [M:C|]abag fgaf|g2 ge fdeB|dcAG ABcd|ed (3EFG A4| ABAG FGAB|c2 ~e2 dcAF|[1[M:3/2]G~G2F D2 D>A d3e:|[2[M:3/2]G~G2F D2 D>A D4|]

X:2 T:Blackbird [1], The M:C L:1/8 R:Set Dance S:”By Daniel Kellaher, Clonough, Castleisland, Co. Kerry.” N:”Slightly imperfect. P.D. Reidy.” S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 3) N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing. N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901. According N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s collection. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (d/c/)|B2 (Bd) c2 (Bc)|A2 (AG) ABcA|d2 (de) dcAF|G2 (GF) D2 (DE)| F2G2A2 (fe)|dcde dcAF|GAGF DD D:|(de) f2d2f2g2|a2 (ag) f2 a2|g2 (gf) g2a2|gagf dAde|f2d2f2g2| a2 (ag) fgaf|gagf ddd (f/g/)|abag fgaf|gagf gf(ef)|dcAB c2 (de)| fefg a2 (FG)|ABAG FGAB|cBcA dcAF|GAGF DDD:|

X:3 T:Blackbird [1], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Set Dance S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 985 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d=c|B2d2|=c2B2|ABAG|AB=cA|dcde|dcAF|GAGF| D2 DE|F2FG|A2 fe|dcde|dcAF|GAGF|D2D2|D2:| |:de|f2d2|f2g2|abag fgaf|g2 gf|gbaf|gagf|d2 de|fede|f2g2| abag|fgaf|gagf|d2d2|defg|abag|fgaf|gage|f2 ed|c2AB| c2 de|defg|a2 z2|A3G|FGAB|=c3e|d^cAF|GAGF|D2D2|D2:||

X:4 T:Blackbird [1], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:"Fancy Dance" Q:=180 S:Teresa Halpin, “a dancer and fiddler from Limerick.” B:Carol G. Hardebeck – A Collection of Jigs and Reels vol. 2 (Dublin, 1921, p. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d>c|:(B3d)|c2B2|~A>G A>G|A>B c>A|~d>^c d>e| d>=c A>F|G>A G>F|.D2 D>E|F2G2|A2 f>e|~d>^c d>e| d>=c A>F|G>A G>F|D2D2|1 D2 d>c:|2 D z d>e|| |:(f>e) (d>e)|f2 g2|a>b a>g|f>g a>f| g3-g/ f/|g2 a2|g2f2| d2 d>e|f>e d>e|f2 g2|a3- a/ g/|f>g a.f|g3- g/ f/| d2d2|d3- d/ e/|d>e f>g|a>b a>g|f>g a>f|g>f g>e| f2 e>d|c2 A>B|=c2d2|e>d e>g|a2 a>g|f>f e>B| =c3- c/e/|d>=c A>F|G>A G>F|D2D2 |1 Dz d>e:|2 D2||

X:6 T:Blackbird [1], The T:An Londubh R:slow air M: Z:Transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se L:1/8 Q:1/4=160 K:Dmix d2{ed}c2|:B6{cB}AB c6{dc}BG A8{B}A/G/A/B/c/A/ d4e>dc A4{BA}F2 G6AB A4{BA}F2 D8E2 F6GA f6{gf}e2 d4e2fd A6{BA}F2 G6AB A4{BA}F2 |1 D12 GA :|2 D12|| |:de f6{gf}e d2ef4g a6{ba}g f/g/a/f/ g3ab2 a6{ba}f2 d8eg| f6{gf}ede f2g a6{ba}g fgaf g4f2 d8efg| a6{ba}g fgaf g6{ag}e2 f6e{a} dcAB c4B/A/B/c/d/e/f/g/b/ a8| A6{BA}GE F6{A}GE c4{d}cBc dcA6{BA}F2 G6AB A4{BA}F2 D12:||

X:7 T:Blackbird [1], The Z:Don Meade R:song air S:The Black Bird, Hibernia Collection (Boston: Elias Howe, 1860), p.22 M:2/4 L:1/8 K:D A|B2A>^G|A2(3ABc|d>cdA|G2FG|A2fd|cABG|F2D>D|D2z!fine!|| A|defg|a2fa|gfga|g2{ag}fe|defg|agfe|f2d>d|defg| agfa|g2fe|fdcA|f2ed|cABG|FBAG|F2D>D|D2z!D.C.!|]

Blackbird (1) (The): Annotations