https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/items/browse?collection=20&output=atom <![CDATA[The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music]]> 2024-03-28T01:55:13-07:00 Omeka https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/416 <![CDATA[Harvest Field, The]]> 2016-10-12T08:08:40-07:00

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I had a scratchy old 78 RPM recording of a band from Boston and could barely identify the tune they were playing. I believe the person playing the accordion on the track was Billy Caples, a well-known Boston accordion player and teacher. I sent it to Baltimore to Billy McComiskey. He and flutist Laura Byrne learned the tune and made this recording with Donna Long playing the piano: shades of Boston's Dudley Street dance halls in the 1950s.

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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/417 <![CDATA[Dominick McCarthy's]]> 2016-10-12T08:08:40-07:00

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The many accordion styles in Irish and Scottish music have always held a fascination for me. The music of Mr. Dominick McCarthy is a mixture of the music of these neighboring countries. I first heard his music on Radio Éireann, and I remember seeing him perform with fiddle player Seán Ryan at one of the early All-Ireland Fleadhanna Ceoil in the 1950s. Both of these men played a lot together where they lived in the Midlands of Ireland. Dominick McCarthy played this fling for me in his own distinctive style when I was on a visit to his home in the 1980s.

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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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