Planxty O'Kelly (2)

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 Theme code Index    51H3bH7b 3bH3bH7b3b
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Michael B. Shanahan
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Patrick Reidy
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Patrick Reidy music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 22
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1890's
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X:1 % T:Planxty O'Kelly [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:”Michael B. Shanahan.” S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 22) 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 told O’Neill that his source, Shanahan was a “celebrated N:violinist”, the son of a piper born in Kilrush, Co. Clare, with a N:great reputation in Kerry and Limerick in the 1860’s. It is unclear N:where Shanahan was in relation to his acquaintance with Reidy N:(i.e. in London or Ireland). F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin A2|Bee e2f|gfe dBB|g2a gfe|dBA GEG| A>cBA GEG|dB/c/d/B/ AFD|g/a/bg fed|Bee e2:| A|Bee e>gfe|dec BAG|d/=c/dB d/=c/dB|dB/c/d/B/ d/B/c/dB| d2g e2e|e/f/ge e/f/ge|GBA GFE|FDD EDD| FDD EDD|g2a g/f/e/f/g/e/|f/e/d/e/f/d/ e/d/=c/d/e/=c/| d/=c/B/c/d/B/ AFD|E/F/GE EBA|GFG E|]