<![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=Magone%2C+Barbara+MacDonald+%28piano%29+53396920&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&output=rss2 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:59:47 -0700 burnsref@bc.edu (The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music) Boston College Libraries Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Bobby Gardiner's (Number One)]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/599

Story

Master accordionist Bobby Gardiner from Clare composed this reel. I first heard it on an LP he recorded in Ireland, produced by his fellow accordionist Dermot O'Brien: exciting and wonderful music. When I asked Bobby if he would perform it again, for this collection, he told me that he had no recollection of the tune but I certainly could put the tune in the book. I convinced him to play it for me, but for that to happen, I had to send him a copy of the tune so that he could re-learn it. On a visit to Boston College, Bobby did record it and I greatly enjoyed that session. Barbara MacDonald Magone was with us that day and she – with her stories and laughs – made it a memorable occasion.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
03-30_Bobby_Gardiners_Number_One-Reel.pdf
]]>
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:43:18 -0800
<![CDATA[Bobby Gardiner's (Number Two)]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/549

Story

The art form of lilting is demonstrated here by Bobby Gardiner. My grandmother Elizabeth Collins (née Rochford), herself a very good lilter, told me that 'jiggers', as she called them, were commonly called upon whenever musicians were not available to play for dancers. Button accordionist Bobby Gardiner both lilts and plays with 'The Clare Swing'. Listen to him on these tracks lilting, then playing his very own tune. Barbara MacDonald Magone joins in on the piano.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
05-01_and_05-02_Bobby_Gardiners_Number_Two-Reel.pdf
]]>
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:43:16 -0800
<![CDATA[Buddy MacMaster's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/719

Story

Cape Breton fiddle legend Mr. Buddy MacMaster gave this tune to our mutual friend, piano player Barbara MacDonald Magone. Barbara graciously passed it along to me when she recorded it for this collection in Portland, Maine, almost ten years ago.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

View all items by

03-24_Buddy_MacMasters-Strathspey.pdf
]]>
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:43:23 -0800
<![CDATA[Mountain Pathway, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/556

Story

Kevin McElroy, Barbara MacDonald Magone, and I came together to record this tune, which we learned from the cassette tape of fiddle player Mrs. Ellen Galvin that was given to me by Tony MacMahon. A version of this tune was recorded by the great Sligo fiddle master, James Morrison.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
01-35_The_Mountain_Pathway-Polka.pdf
]]>
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:43:16 -0800
<![CDATA[Mrs. Galvin's Barndance]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/407

Story

The fiddle playing of Mrs. Ellen Galvin, who was born in the 1880s, certainly did sound as though it were from an earlier time in history. I remember seeing her perform in a concert in West Clare in the late 1950s. I was enthralled with her music then, and I still am. The tune transcribed here was recorded and collected from Mrs. Galvin, and a copy of the tape was passed along to me by accordion master Tony MacMahon. Thanks, Tony! My friends Barbara MacDonald Magone and Kevin McElroy helped out on the recording you are about to hear.

We shall hear Barbara play some of her own compositions (‘Ashcraft-Fraser House’, ‘The Reel Bus’, and ‘A Riverview Cabin’) as we venture through this collection.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
01-29_Mrs_Galvins_Barndance.pdf
]]>
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:43:10 -0800
<![CDATA[Polka for Matt, A]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/555

Story

Matt Cranitch, the well-known fiddle player and scholar from County Cork, came to visit Sandy and me in Maine a few years ago. Matt loves to play polkas, so I composed this three-part tune for him. I play it here with my friends Kevin McElroy on bodhrán, Barbara MacDonald Magone on the piano and, on the fiddle, Meghan Mette, who at the time of recording was a young and enthusiastic sixteen-year-old.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
01-33_A_Polka_for_Matt-Polka.pdf
]]>
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:43:16 -0800
<![CDATA[Wee Folk, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/424

Story

David Curry was born in 1899 in Belfast, where he worked as a conductor, arranger, and broadcaster. He also played violin. I have always enjoyed listening to his music, which included his own arrangements of traditional melodies. I recorded some of these tunes from the radio when I was young, which allowed me an opportunity to learn them. One such tune is the hornpipe featured here, played and arranged in a two-part version for piano by the inimitable Barbara MacDonald Magone. By presenting tunes associated with Mr. Curry, I pay my sincere homage to him in the hope that his name and musical works are never forgotten.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

View all items by

01-32_The_Wee_Folk-Hornpipe.pdf
]]>
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:43:10 -0800