Annotation:Basket of Oysters (4) (The)
X:1 T:Basket of Oysters [4], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, Book 1, p. 49 (mid-19th century) F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=52&z=383.5111%2C1209.2856%2C7498.4978%2C2872.085 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|cAAB c2d2|cAAG F2D2|cAAB c2d2|fdec defd| cAAB c2d2|cAAG F2D2|cAAB c2d2|fdec d3|| d|f2a2 gfef|fdec cA A2|f2a2 gfef|fdec defd| f2a2 gfef|fdec cA A2|f2a2 gfef|fdec d3||
BASKET OF OYSTERS [4], THE. Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Connor): AABB (Goodman). "Basket of Oysters [4]" is contained in Book 1 (p. 48) of the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork clergyman and uilleann piper wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist). It can also be found in the manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1]. The title is included in the tune list of piper Philip Goodman (c. 1831-1908), Carrickmacross, Ireland, who is variously described as "the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth", and also recorded as having been from Donaghmoyne, County Monaghan (all of which are places from the same area, and contiguous to Donnellan's Oriel region). P. Goodman brought his list to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997).
- ↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.