https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Cotter%2C+Geraldine+%28piano%29+33569581&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&output=atom <![CDATA[The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music]]> 2024-03-28T01:51:18-07:00 Omeka https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/587 <![CDATA[Bridie's Joy]]> 2019-05-10T10:02:21-07:00

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Peadar O'Loughlin's name seems to be eternally present in the world of Irish music. His music brought much joy to the Connolly household when I was growing up in County Clare. It was such a heartwarming pleasure to have him visit the home of Geraldine Cotter the afternoon that he and Geraldine recorded 'Bridie's Joy' for Sandy and me. Years earlier, on an LP record issued by Ceirníní Cladaigh, he and piper Ronan Browne played this same reel. A great tune that's worth hearing again.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/497 <![CDATA[Mordaunt's Fancy]]> 2016-10-12T08:08:52-07:00

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This jig was played in my home in Killaloe, County Clare, when I was a young boy. It was not played by me, but by button accordionist Terry Lane on the turntable of our record player! Now, whenever I hear Mr. Lane's recordings, or 'Mordaunt's Fancy', it brings back childhood memories. My friend Geraldine Cotter from Ennis, County Clare, joins me on piano. We recorded the track in Geraldine's home in front of a blazing turf fire.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/475 <![CDATA[Old 78 Record, An]]> 2016-10-12T08:08:49-07:00

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Geraldine Cotter liked this tune the first time she heard me playing it. 'Let's try and record it', she said, and as I played the jig a second time she followed right along. This track is the result of our efforts. I do not have a name for this jig, but I have given it a title based on the fact that I first heard it many years ago on a 78 record.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/586 <![CDATA[Scolding Wife, The]]> O'Neill's 1001 collection, this tune is named 'The Scolding Wife'. I was delighted to hear it again. It was in 1974 that I first heard it played by Tipperary accordionist Paddy O'Brien. Paddy and I had considered recording it for our The Banks of the Shannon record that we made back then.]]> 2016-10-12T08:09:06-07:00

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Clare Reel, The

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The royal welcome Sandy and I received when we visited the home of Geraldine Cotter outside Ennis, with the turf fire burning, really made us picture ourselves one day moving back to Ireland. As we set up our recording equipment, we happened to record (as they say in Ireland, 'accidentally on purpose') Geraldine's playing of what she called 'The Clare Reel'. As it is printed in the O'Neill's 1001 collection, this tune is named 'The Scolding Wife'. I was delighted to hear it again. It was in 1974 that I first heard it played by Tipperary accordionist Paddy O'Brien. Paddy and I had considered recording it for our The Banks of the Shannon record that we made back then.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
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