Blessings of Silver

 BLESSINGS OF SILVER, THE. Irish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A interesting reel composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddle player and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988), that shifts through various minor-sounding modes, with a hint of major tonality in places. Ed's son Joe remarks that the tune was written for the 25th wedding anniversary of Lou and Mary Quinn. Reavy's friend, Armagh-born, Flushing, Queens-based, Louie Quinn was a fellow fiddler of some skill. Printed source: Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 10, p. 10.

X:1 T:Blessings of Silver, The M:2/2 L:1/8 C:Ed Reavy S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy R:Reel N:Written for Lou and Mary Quinn's N:twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Ed loved the connotations of N:the title: the blessings of twenty-five years of marriage, the N:blessings of a couple growing old together, and the many rewards N:of family life. Ed admired Lou not only because of his musical N:talent, but also because he was a self-made man who set high standards N:for other immigrants who followed him to the New World. Z:Joseph Reavy K:Bb G/2A/2 | BdBF DGGF | (3D=EF CF DFCF | DGGA Bcdg | g^fdg fdcA | Bdce dcBA | DGBG ^FDCA, | DGGA Bcdg | ^fdcA G3 :|| g | bfa^f gfdc | =Bcd=e fdcd | bga=e f2 ge | fdcA BG[G,G]g | (3bag (3ag^f gfdc | =Bcd=e fefa | gbag ^fag= e|1 =fdcA BGG :|2 =fdcA BGG ||

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