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Annotation:Reel (101)
X:1 T:Reel [101] T:Untitled N:Grier researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find the tune cognate N:with "Copper and Brass," "Crossing the Field," "fitzmaurice's Flight," "Heather Breeze". M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 272, p. 57) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=56&z=196.6739%2C234.6061%2C2732.1854%2C1107.1727 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G F|DGBG dGBG|FGAB cFAF|DGBG dGBG|cAFA AG G:| f|g2 ag/f/ gbag|f2 gf/e/ fagf|g2 ag/f/ gbag|fdcA AG G2| g2 ag/f/ gbag|f2 gf/e/ fagf|bgaf gbag|fdcA AG G2||
REEL [101]. Irish, Reel (whole time).This untitled reel was entered into Book 2 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894). Grier researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find the tune related to the family of tunes that includes "Coppers and Brass (1)," "Crossing the Field," "Fitzmaurice's Flight," and "Heather Breeze (1)."
