Irish Popular Dances [sound recording]
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system
label: Notes
content: Irish popular dances consist for the most part of jigs, reels and hornpipes. They may be played on practically any instrument, for it is the tune and the lilt of the rhythm which counts, rather than the tine of a certain instrument (PDF lines notes p. 4)
label: Notes
content: Recordings used for Folkways record FW 6818, "Irish Popular Dances," featuring various artists. "The dances given here are among the oldest of the long and round dances" (PDF liner notes p. 9)
label: Table of contents
content: Reel: The blind fiddlers (2:48) -- Jigs: Jackson's morning brush ; The Claire jig (3:00) -- Reel: The Leitrum thrush (3:09) -- Hornpipe: Billy Taylor's fancy (2:49) -- Hornpipe: On the road to the fair (3:12) -- Reels: Boil the breakfast early ; The heather breeze (3:13) -- Jig: The rambling pitchfork (2:53) -- Reel: Lord McDonald's reel (3:06)
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: Ireland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ireland--Songs and music
label: Topic
content: British Isles--Songs and music
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-10RR-3106
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 10 in