Annotation:Frank Palmer

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 FRANK PALMER. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), according to Holden's Collection of Old-Established Irish Slow and Quick Tunes (Dublin 1806-7). O'Sullivan (1958) finds three "Frank Palmer" candidates as possible persons referenced by the title (see p. 276).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 47. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 146, p. 101. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 146, p. 179.  Recorded sources:

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