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|f_annotation='''BUSH IN BLOOM, THE''' (An Tom Faoi Blat). AKA and see "[[Boil the Kettle Early]]," "[[Bush in Blossom (The)]]," "[[Reel (91)]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Malley, O'Neill, Roche): AABB (McDermott). The reel is identical with "[[Bush in Blossom (The)]]," printed by Glasgow publisher James S. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies vol. 4''', c. 1880's). The reel was well-established with Irish musicians by at least the turn of the century as "Bush in Bloom," and Kerr gives no indication of its provenance; it may have originated in either country. Researchers Conor Ward and Fr. John Quinn find the tune and title in the c. 1900 music manuscript of Larry Smyth of Abbeylara, Co. Longford, and, as an untitled reel (for which see "[[Reel (91)]]") in Book 2 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper [[biography:Stephen Grier|Stephen Grier]] (c. 1824-1894). | |||
'''BUSH IN BLOOM, THE''' (An Tom Faoi Blat). AKA and see "[[Boil the Kettle Early]]," "[[Bush in Blossom (The)]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Malley, O'Neill, Roche): AABB (McDermott). | |||
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An early sound recording (1917) can be heard on Columbia Records E4877 by Brooklyn-born WWI vet and fiddler John Gerrity, who was, at least for a time in the 1920's a resident of Pacific Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., and active as an Irish dance hall musician. Gerrity recorded the tune again in 1922 with piper Tom Ennis (Gennett 5003-B). | |||
[[File:mcfadden.jpg|200px|thumb|left|John McFadden]] | [[File:mcfadden.jpg|200px|thumb|left|John McFadden]] | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Hardebeck credits Garryowen, County Limerick, dancer and fiddler [[biography:Teresa Halpin|Teresa Halpin]]/Treasa Ní Alpín (1894-1983) as his source [Hardebeck].<br /> | |||
<br | |f_printed_sources=Giblin ('''Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music'''), 1928; 47. Hardebeck ('''A Collection of Jigs and Reels vol. 2'''), Dublin, 1921; p. 14. McDermott ('''Allan's Irish Fiddler'''), No. 42, p. 10. O'Malley ('''Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1'''), 1976; No. 14, p. 7. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 103. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1242, p. 234. O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 515, p. 97. Roche ('''Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1'''), 1912; p. 58, #144. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Columbia E4977 (78 RPM), John Gerrity (1917). Gennet 5003-B (78 RPM), Tom Ennis & John Gerrity (1922, last tune in medley of reels). Shanachie 79064, Matt Molloy - "Heathery Breeze" (1999). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/4343/]<br /> | |||
Hear the 1922 recording by uilleann piper Tom Ennis with John Gerrity at Clyp [https://clyp.it/1ywfk1k5?fbclid=IwY2xjawKBE05leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEwdzdzbU0xbENua0pVdFlyAR4mYNLGyUL5TbktKU5nj6x9REFl2SBYQ6fxZ3E6z1rFzCPcYWR34nssgzIJvA_aem_8i-Xak5TrfZrr_L6mdNRLQ] and the Internet Archive [https://ia600202.us.archive.org/0/items/TomEnnisAndJohnGerrityMissThorntonsTheMerryBlacksmithTheBushIn/TomEnnisAndJohnGerrity-MissThorntonsTheMerryBlacksmithTheBushInBloom.mp3] | |||
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|f_sources_for_notated_versions=students of New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo) [O'Malley]; Teresa Halpin, “a dancer and fiddler from Limerick" [Hardebeck]; "McFadden" [O'Neill], referring to fiddler [[Biography:John McFadden]], originally from Carrowmore, near Westport, County Mayo, whose playing O'Neill greatly admired (and who, alluded O'Neill, was kept on a sinecure by the City of Chicago due to his political connections in the Irish-American community). | |||
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Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/4343/]<br> | |||
Hear the 1922 recording by uilleann piper Tom Ennis with John Gerrity at the Internet Archive [https://ia600202.us.archive.org/0/items/TomEnnisAndJohnGerrityMissThorntonsTheMerryBlacksmithTheBushIn/TomEnnisAndJohnGerrity-MissThorntonsTheMerryBlacksmithTheBushInBloom.mp3] | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:07, 2 May 2025
BUSH IN BLOOM, THE (An Tom Faoi Blat). AKA and see "Boil the Kettle Early," "Bush in Blossom (The)," "Reel (91)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Malley, O'Neill, Roche): AABB (McDermott). The reel is identical with "Bush in Blossom (The)," printed by Glasgow publisher James S. Kerr (Merry Melodies vol. 4, c. 1880's). The reel was well-established with Irish musicians by at least the turn of the century as "Bush in Bloom," and Kerr gives no indication of its provenance; it may have originated in either country. Researchers Conor Ward and Fr. John Quinn find the tune and title in the c. 1900 music manuscript of Larry Smyth of Abbeylara, Co. Longford, and, as an untitled reel (for which see "Reel (91)") in Book 2 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894).
An early sound recording (1917) can be heard on Columbia Records E4877 by Brooklyn-born WWI vet and fiddler John Gerrity, who was, at least for a time in the 1920's a resident of Pacific Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., and active as an Irish dance hall musician. Gerrity recorded the tune again in 1922 with piper Tom Ennis (Gennett 5003-B).
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