The fourth part of the Monaghan Jig may have been added by Michael Coleman, but it's a traditional tune, as are The Spike Island Lasses and Colonel Frasier. I've not heard Leslie's March.
Leslie's March - "highland march part of the Ballet 'Oscar and Malvina' written by Maria de Caro and produced before 1793." ... taken from the sleeve notes on The Chieftains 9 - Boil the Breakfast early
From the Fiddler's Companion:
MARCH FROM OSCAR AND MALVINA. AKA and see "Leslie's/Lesley's March [1]," "Duplin House," "Blue Bonnets [2]." Irish (?), March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABBCC. Composed (as part of a Rondo) by William Reeve and published in London, England in 1791, scored for harp and uilleann pipes. The opera Oscar and Malvina, or the Hall of Fingal, was a long-running pantomime staged several times in London in the last decade of the 18th century into the early years of the next. It featured for a few years the playing of uilleann piper O’Farrell (whose first name is not known, but may have been Patrick), whose tutor and collections of music are important snapshots of the historical repertoire of the times. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pgs. 46 (appears as “Highland March in Oscar and Malvina”). Claddagh CC30, The Chieftains ‑ "Boil the Breakfast Early" (1979). Shanachie 78002, “Solas” (1996).
I always thought the stately pace of the Chieftains' recording was probably more like the original than the hyperactive Solas version, but who really knows, I suppose.
"Flute player Seamus Tansey relates that Colonel Fraser was an English landlord in Leinster, a man of good temperament who was kind to his tenantry and to travelling pipers. He bought one piper a set of new pipes and had this tune composed for him in gratitude. Tansey said the piper was inspired by the sight of the Colonel galloping on his horse to the hunt, “It's like the ‘Fox Chase’, but different."
Hence, it was composed by a nameless Leinster piper. If you're really serious about finding the composer's name, you could search through the Leinster parish records for the last 300 years or so and, at least, narrow it down to some of Colonel Fraser's (presumably male) tenants. But there is unlikely to be any record of which tenants were musicians, since music is unlikely to have been their profession.
Composers wanted!!!
Composers wanted!!!
Hi, does anyone know who wrote any of these tunes:
Monaghan jig - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/67
Leslie's march - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/987
Spike Island Lasses - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/737
Colonel Fraser's - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1209
Thanks
# Posted on April 10th 2010 by laveylad
Re: Composers wanted!!!
The fourth part of the Monaghan Jig may have been added by Michael Coleman, but it's a traditional tune, as are The Spike Island Lasses and Colonel Frasier. I've not heard Leslie's March.
# Posted on April 10th 2010 by Dragut Reis
Re: Composers wanted!!!
Leslie's March - "highland march part of the Ballet 'Oscar and Malvina' written by Maria de Caro and produced before 1793." ... taken from the sleeve notes on The Chieftains 9 - Boil the Breakfast early
# Posted on April 10th 2010 by Catail
Re: Composers wanted!!!
Leslie's March is by William Reeve.
From the Fiddler's Companion:
MARCH FROM OSCAR AND MALVINA. AKA and see "Leslie's/Lesley's March [1]," "Duplin House," "Blue Bonnets [2]." Irish (?), March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABBCC. Composed (as part of a Rondo) by William Reeve and published in London, England in 1791, scored for harp and uilleann pipes. The opera Oscar and Malvina, or the Hall of Fingal, was a long-running pantomime staged several times in London in the last decade of the 18th century into the early years of the next. It featured for a few years the playing of uilleann piper O’Farrell (whose first name is not known, but may have been Patrick), whose tutor and collections of music are important snapshots of the historical repertoire of the times. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pgs. 46 (appears as “Highland March in Oscar and Malvina”). Claddagh CC30, The Chieftains ‑ "Boil the Breakfast Early" (1979). Shanachie 78002, “Solas” (1996).
# Posted on April 10th 2010 by Henk Bos
Re: Composers wanted!!!
I always thought the stately pace of the Chieftains' recording was probably more like the original than the hyperactive Solas version, but who really knows, I suppose.
# Posted on April 10th 2010 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Composers wanted!!!
Recording and Album?
# Posted on April 11th 2010 by Jwalkert
Colonel Fraser
Also from the Fiddler's companion:
"Flute player Seamus Tansey relates that Colonel Fraser was an English landlord in Leinster, a man of good temperament who was kind to his tenantry and to travelling pipers. He bought one piper a set of new pipes and had this tune composed for him in gratitude. Tansey said the piper was inspired by the sight of the Colonel galloping on his horse to the hunt, “It's like the ‘Fox Chase’, but different."
Hence, it was composed by a nameless Leinster piper. If you're really serious about finding the composer's name, you could search through the Leinster parish records for the last 300 years or so and, at least, narrow it down to some of Colonel Fraser's (presumably male) tenants. But there is unlikely to be any record of which tenants were musicians, since music is unlikely to have been their profession.
# Posted on April 11th 2010 by CreadurMawnOrganig
The Fiddler's Companion ~ Andrew Kuntz
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/ ~ material gleaned from many sources, usually credited...
# Posted on April 12th 2010 by ceolachan