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'''COMHRA DONN, AN''' ("The Brown Casket" or "The Brown Chest"). AKA and see "[[Cófra Donn (An)]]," "[[Brown Casket (The)]]," "[[Ó Murchú's Hornpipe]]," "[[O'Connor Donn's (2)]]," "[[Star of Bethlehem (The)]]." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The alternate title "O'Connor Donn's" is a corruption (a 'Mondegreen') of the Gaelic title. See also the melodically similar (in the 'A' part) "[[Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)]]," "[[Centenary March (The)]]," "[[Caledonian March]]," as well as the English "[[Durham Rangers]]" family of tunes. The Chieftains have recorded tune twice, first as "An Comhra Donn" on their eponymous 1963 album, and again in 1991 under the title "[[Ó Murchú's Hornpipe]]."  
|f_annotation='''COMHRA DONN, AN'''. AKA and see "[[Cófra Donn (An)]]," "[[Brown Casket (The)]]," "[[Ó Murchú's Hornpipe]]," "[[O'Connor Donn's (2)]]," "[[Star of Bethlehem (The)]]." Irish; Hornpipe or Barn Dance. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "An Comhra Donn" is a derivative of the Scottish "[[Caledonian March (The)]]." The alternate title "O'Connor Donn's" is a corruption (a 'Mondegreen') of the Gaelic title. See also the melodically similar (in the 'A' part) "[[Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)]]," "[[Centenary March (The)]]," "[[Caledonian March]]," as well as the English "[[Durham Rangers]]" family of tunes. The Chieftains have recorded tune twice, first as "An Comhra Donn" on their eponymous 1963 album, and again in 1991 under the title "[[Ó Murchú's Hornpipe]]."  
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|f_source_for_notated_version=accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Chieftains [Carlin, Sullivan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor].  
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''Sources for notated versions'': accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Chieftains [Carlin, Sullivan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor].  
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''Printed sources'':
Breathnach ('''CRÉ 1'''), 1963; No. 210, p. 85.
Carlin ('''English Concertina'''), 1977; p. 33.
Carlin ('''English Concertina'''), 1977; p. 33.
Sullivan ('''Session Tunes, vol. 3'''); No. 29, p. 11.
Sullivan ('''Session Tunes, vol. 3'''); No. 29, p. 11.
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Vallely ('''Companion to Irish Traditional Music'''), 1999; p. 190 (as "Humours of Tullycreen").
Vallely ('''Companion to Irish Traditional Music'''), 1999; p. 190 (as "Humours of Tullycreen").
Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club'''), 197?; No. 31, p. 30.  
Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club'''), 197?; No. 31, p. 30.  
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|f_recorded_sources=Green Linnet GLCD 1127, "Martin Hayes" (1993. Appears as "The Brown Coffin"). June Appal JA 016, Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen - "Banish Misfortune (1977).  RCA 09026-60916-2, The Chieftains – "An Irish Evening" (1991, Appears as "Ó Murchú's Hornpipe").
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Green Linnet GLCD 1127, "Martin Hayes" (1993. Appears as "The Brown Coffin").
RCA 09026-60916-2, The Chieftains – "An Irish Evening" (1991, Appears as "Ó Murchú's Hornpipe").
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Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/395/]<br>
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Sheet Music for "An Comhra Donn"An Comhra DonnThe Brown CoffinAn Cofra DonnThe Brown ChestHornpipeTraditional123312Book: Music for the Sets - The Blue Book, David J. TaylorTranscription: Gordon Turnbull
X:1 T:An Comhra Donn T:The Brown Coffin T:An Cofra Donn T:The Brown Chest C:Traditional R:Hornpipe B:Music for the Sets - The Blue Book, David J. Taylor Z:Gordon Turnbull M:C K:D A>BA>G F>Ad>e | f>gf>e d>cd>A | B>Gd>B A>FD>E | F>EE>D E2 F>G | A>BA>G F>Ad>e | f>gf>e d>cd>A | B>cd>B A>FE>G | [1 F2 D2 D2 F>G:|[2 F2 D2D2 f>g || |:a>fe>d g>fe>c | d>cd>e f>dA>F | G>AB>G F>Ad>e | (3fed g>f e2 f>g | a>g (3fed g>fe>c | d>cd>e f>dA>F | G>AB>G F>AE>G | [1 F2 D2 D2 f>g:|[2 F2D2 D2 F>G |]


COMHRA DONN, AN. AKA and see "Cófra Donn (An)," "Brown Casket (The)," "Ó Murchú's Hornpipe," "O'Connor Donn's (2)," "Star of Bethlehem (The)." Irish; Hornpipe or Barn Dance. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "An Comhra Donn" is a derivative of the Scottish "Caledonian March (The)." The alternate title "O'Connor Donn's" is a corruption (a 'Mondegreen') of the Gaelic title. See also the melodically similar (in the 'A' part) "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)," "Centenary March (The)," "Caledonian March," as well as the English "Durham Rangers" family of tunes. The Chieftains have recorded tune twice, first as "An Comhra Donn" on their eponymous 1963 album, and again in 1991 under the title "Ó Murchú's Hornpipe."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Chieftains [Carlin, Sullivan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 1), 1963; No. 210, p. 85. Carlin (English Concertina), 1977; p. 33. Sullivan (Session Tunes, vol. 3); No. 29, p. 11. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 22. Vallely (Companion to Irish Traditional Music), 1999; p. 190 (as "Humours of Tullycreen"). Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 31, p. 30.

Recorded sources : - Green Linnet GLCD 1127, "Martin Hayes" (1993. Appears as "The Brown Coffin"). June Appal JA 016, Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen - "Banish Misfortune (1977). RCA 09026-60916-2, The Chieftains – "An Irish Evening" (1991, Appears as "Ó Murchú's Hornpipe").

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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