A facsimile edition of Francis O'Neill's classic 1907 collection of jigs, reels, hornpipes and other dance tunes. The Dance Music of Ireland has proved so valuable to musicians and circulated so widely that it has become known simply as 'the book', a virtual bible for many trditional players. Suitable for all melody instruments.
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Pretty much self explanatory. The title says it all. This is pretty much a bible of Irish fiddle tunes. So I'll not review the content, but rather my review will be on the quality of this book. First a word on spacing: In order to fit so many songs into such a slim volume the individual pieces are crammed as tightly as they can fit onto the pages and I tend to lose my place. If you are a little older and your eyesight isn't what it used to be you may need reading glasses to be able to make out the small print. My recommendation is to use this as a source book and pick which songs you want to play and make copies of those pages. The binding seems to be of good quality (stitched and glued), but time will tell the tale. Most paperback volumes tend to fall apart after a while, but my suggestion about making copies of the pages you want to play should save some wear and tear on the book. The paper is also a good quality. I'm not sure if it is acid-free or not and this would make a big difference on the life of the pages, but it is a nice semi-gloss stock similar to magazine pages, but thicker. Once you break the spine in the book lays fairly flat even though it isn't spiral bound, so if you wanted to use it on the music stand you could do that. As soon as I got my copy I went through it from front to back flipping a few pages at a time and folded the spine back and this helps it to lay flat. The ink doesn't seem to smeer when handled as some other books have done. There is an interestin introduction by Fancis O'neill and an indespensable index. I'd say this is certainly a good deal for $20.
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The standard source-book,
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In 1967, in love with folk music, I knew how to play about ten Irish dance tunes, and was desperate to learn more.
One day the Grehan Sisters came to our local folk club, and I asked them if there were any book of such tunes that I might buy: they told me of O'Neill's, and gave me the address of the publishers, Walton's Musical Galleries, to whom I wrote the next day. When the book arrived I felt like Aladdin. There are literally 1001 dance tunes here, comprising: 365 double jigs 045 single jigs 045 slip jigs 350 reels 150 hornpipes 030 long dances & set dances 016 miscellaneous Francis O'Neill (1848-1936), born in County Cork, was Police Chief in Chicago. He seems to have been a good Chief, for he was re-appointed twice; but it is for his assiduous collections of Irish music that he's remembered today. In an interview on Andy Irvine's website, Liam O'Flynn refers to O'Neill's as "the bible", and this seems to be the consensus, although other good collections have appeared (notably Brendán Breathnac's). All is not perfect, however: Francis O'Neill was musically illiterate, and relied on his (unrelated) friend James for notating the tunes. Unfortunately James was classically trained, and this seems to have made him blind to the modal nature of many of the tunes, so that key signatures are wrong and essential accidentals are missing. A good example is Chief O'Neill's Favorite, where the Fs and Cs in the first two bars of the B part should be natural; leaving them sharp destroys the whole character of the piece. On the other hand, The Mooncoin Reel, which is in A Mixolydian, is notated properly with two sharps, and is exactly as you will hear it played by (for example) Paddy Glackin. Attempts have been made to correct the mistakes in O'Neill's, notably by Miles Krassen; but the response has been decidedly mixed. O'Neill himself wrote modestly: "Being not unmindful of the fact that the perfect book has yet to be printed, we would bespeak for this endeavor to supply a recognised want, such generous consideration as may reasonably be expected for an earnest and unselfish effort undertaken for the promotion of a patriotic purpose." Time has more than vindicated him. SUMMARY This, then, is the standard source for Irish dance music; so much so that O'Neill numbers are given to the tunes, in the same way as BWV numbers are given to Bach. This is the book to have. Those wishing to read more about O'Neill may do so in A Harvest Saved.
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O'Niell's 1001 Wal;tons reprint,
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This is a job that needed doing and is well done.
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