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COPPERPLATE [2], THE. AKA - "Old Copperplate (The)." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Related to "Copperplate (1) (The)", with which it is often paired in a medley.

Sources for notated versions: the late Sligo-style fiddler Paddy Reynolds (Staten Island, N.Y.) [DeMarco & Krassen]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: DeMarco & Krassen (A Trip to Sligo), 1978; pp. 37, 51, 66. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 51, p. 16.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1035, Tony DeMarco & Brian Conway - "The Apple in Winter" (1981). Green Linnet 1101, Tony DeMarco & Brian Conway - "Playing with Fire: the Celtic Fiddle Collection" (1989).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]




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