<![CDATA[The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Accordion+and+piano+music&output=rss2 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:46:29 -0700 burnsref@bc.edu (The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music) Boston College Libraries Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Come to the Fair]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/725

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'Come to the Fair' was a very popular waltz/song played by The Kilfenora Céilí Band in the 1960s. I have always enjoyed listening to the band's singer Mary Higgins performing the song on a recording made at a céilí in Ennis in 1960. The recording of all of the tunes and songs played on that night was given to me to learn when I was invited to join The Kilfenora and embark on my first 'big' tour of England. What a thrill and an honour for me! The tune is performed here on this track by Tara Lynch (daughter of Jerry Lynch, the accordionist with the band in the 1950s) and myself. The track was enhanced by the musicianship of Gabriel Donohue on piano and keyboards.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
01-19_Come_to_the_Fair-Waltz.pdf
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<![CDATA[Cruca Glás na hÉireann]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/727

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The music lives and breathes in the soul of Tara Lynch. Tara, daughter of Jerry Lynch (accordionist in the 1950s with the celebrated three-time All-Ireland champion Kilfenora Céilí Band), was born in New York. She learned her music from her father, and her style is steeped in the tradition of the old Kilfenora Band. The tune she plays on this track was part of the repertoire of the band in the 1960s and '70s, of which I was so honoured to be a member. I am also honoured to have Tara playing it for us: an unbroken link.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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03-06_Cruca_Glas_na_hEireann-Waltz.pdf
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<![CDATA[Homecoming, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/730

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Kathleen Boyle, a great musician from Glasgow, composed this tune for her mother and father. They had returned home to County Donegal after living for forty-seven years in Scotland. Kathleen, who plays her composition on this track, travels back and forth from Scotland to America very often. She is a member of Joanie Madden's Cherish the Ladies ensemble. There is more on this young lady elsewhere in the collection.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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07-17_The_Homecoming-Waltz.pdf
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<![CDATA[Barney's Jig]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/517

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This track comes to us courtesy of Kathleen Boyle from Glasgow. Kathleen recorded it in Donegal in 2011 in the county where her grandfather, the great Néillidh Boyle, lived. Kathleen carries on her grandfather's tradition of composing as she plays her own tune, 'Barney's Jig'.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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<![CDATA[Waltzing Down the Aisle]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/732

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Another tune from the pen of Kathleen Boyle from Glasgow in Scotland. She wrote this waltz for her sister's wedding, for her to walk down the aisle to. Here we hear 'K.T.' beautifully playing her own composition on piano and piano accordion.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Mist on the Ocean]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/674

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This reel comes to us by kind permission of my good friend Richard 'Richie' Dwyer, its composer. It is taken from his CD In a Creative Mood, which he recorded in his native West Cork looking out to sea and the mist on the ocean. Richie is again joined by Micheál O'Rourke on piano.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
09-18_Mist_on_the_Ocean-Reel.pdf
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<![CDATA[Flynn's Reel]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/684

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This is the first tune that Eamon Flynn composed over forty years ago. He plays it for us on accordion with our mutual friend, Miss Helen Kisiel, on piano. The tune may also be heard on Eamon's CD recording Down by the Glenside.

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Séamus Connolly
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