Annotation:Kinard Polka

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 KINARD POLKA. AKA - "Kinnard Polka." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by New York fiddler and teacher Martin Mulvihill (1919-1987), named after a townland in County Limerick, near Glin. Mulvihill was originally from Glin, County Limerick, and emigrated to New York in the 1950's.  Source for notated version: a recording by County Limerick/Bronx fiddler Martin Mulvihill [Black].  Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 327, p. 175. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 6, p. 112.  Recorded sources: Green Linnet CSIF 1012, Martin Mulvihill - "Traditional Irish Fiddling from County Limerick" (1978). Ossian OSS CD 130, Sliabh Notes - "Along Blackwater's Banks" (2002).

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