<![CDATA[The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music]]> 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=Knox%2C+Bill+%28guitar%29&output=rss2 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:17:17 -0700 burnsref@bc.edu (The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music) Boston College Libraries Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Liam Rowsome's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/459

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The name Rowsome is ubiquitous in the world of Irish music. Down through the years I have had the honour of playing music with the piping master Leo Rowsome and with his children, Leon, Liam, and Helena. Fiddle player Liam Rowsome composed this tune in the key of A major. It is recorded here by fiddle player Brendan Bulger, All-Ireland fiddle champion from Boston. Brendan chose to play it in a different key. He told me he had fun doing so. Well done, Brendan.

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01-18_Liam_Rowsomes-Jig.pdf
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<![CDATA[Flowery Hills of Scotland, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/576

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According to Nicky McAuliffe, Michael Coleman and James 'Lad' O'Beirne, master fiddle players from County Sligo, recorded this reel on a 78 RPM recording machine in Mr. O'Beirne's home on November 5, 1941. I have not had the opportunity to hear that old recording, but Brendan Bulger's playing on this track reminds me of the lilt and swing of yet another County Sligo man's music, that of flute player Eugene Preston, from whom I learned the tune.

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01-22_The_Flowery_Hills_of_Scotland-Reel.pdf
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<![CDATA[Fly by Night]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/433

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I first heard this hornpipe in the early 1960s, played by Mr. Kieran Kelly, a wonderful accordionist from near Athlone, County Westmeath. The tune has been recorded by a number of musicians and has been given different titles, including 'The Low Level' and 'Fly by Night'. Settings of this hornpipe in two different keys may be found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, where one is named 'Best Shot'. As my friend Peter Catto of Brookline, Massachusetts, cleverly suggested, 'When you fly by night, your best shot is to not fly at a lower level!' The tune is played on this track by Boston's own fiddle player, Brendan Bulger. Brendan gives the hornpipe a bouncy lift, clearly imparting his own unique musical imprint.

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<![CDATA[Jack Rowe's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/604

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Recorded by Seán Maguire, the celebrated master fiddle player, with Josephine Keegan on piano, as well as by Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin on their CD The Thing Itself. A version of this tune was given to Breandán Breathnach by John Maguire, a whistle player from County Cavan. John Maguire was Seán's father. Brendan Bulger's playing of the tune is heard on this track.

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04-15_Jack_Rowes-Reel.pdf
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<![CDATA[Paddy the Piper]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/655

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Brendan Bulger plays a lovely version of 'Paddy the Piper' on this track. Another version may be found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection. I first heard the tune played by Paddy Cronin, who loved playing tunes from that wonderful nineteenth century collection.

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08-02_Paddy_the_Piper-Reel.pdf
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<![CDATA[Johnny McGreevy's Own]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/661

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A happy reel given to me in the early 1970s by Johnny McGreevy. Johnny told me it was the only tune that he composed and that he did not think too much of it. Brendan Bulger from Boston, Marty Fahey from Chicago, and Kathleen Gavin from Balbriggin near Dublin had other ideas. They recorded this tune on their CD Music at the House and gave it the swing that was so reminiscent of Johnny's playing. Playing the reel on this track, Brendan Bulger gives us that same swing.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
08-24_Johnny_McGreevys_Own-Reel.pdf
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<![CDATA[Old Schoolmaster, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/677

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'Maestro' Seán Maguire played this tune in the key of A major at a concert in Kilfenora, County Clare, many years ago. My friend Sally K. Sommers Smith Wells reminded me that it somehow was like the song 'Love Will You Marry Me?' Brendan Bulger from Boston plays the tune, a version of which may be found in O'Neill's 1001 collection.

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09-28_The_Old_Schoolmaster-Reel.pdf
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<![CDATA[Ladies of Leinster, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/685

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I first heard this reel played by the man who influenced many musicians of my generation, the great Seán Maguire. Seán had a happy knack of transposing tunes to different keys than those that might have been originally documented. The reel is played here by Boston's own Brendan Bulger.

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