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Malachie Donaldson music book

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: IM-M057-2000
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Dates

  • Creation: 1772

Scope and Contents

Manuscript compendium of Irish and Scottish folk dance tunes, notated on hand-drawn staves. Entries in Fleischmann's Sources of Irish traditional music show that some of the tunes were included in 18th-century collections of country dance music or in operas. Accompanying some of the tunes are instructions for country dance steps.

Creator

Language of Materials

Staff notation.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research; digital version also avialable.

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Extent

1 Volumes (1 score ) : [27], 10-13, 15-22, 26-28, 30[14], 34-40[1] leaves ; 10 x 25 cm

Physical Characteristics

Bound in contemporary quarter-leather with marbled-paper covered boards. Margins of some leaves extended with later paper.

Custodial History

Written in ink on first page: "This music book was written by Mr. Malachie Donaldson in the year 1772 and left to his step son Mr. Joseph Robbinson who gave it to Mr. Rob Hethered about the year 1789 who has now presented it to Henry Shillington in the year 1842 April 9th." Stamped on leaf 16 verso "James Clibborn, bleacher, Waringstown."

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Anne Thompson, 1999.

Existence and Location of Originals

Fully digitized, images available online.

Index of Tunes

Transcribed listing of tunes in the order they appear in the manuscript. Tunes are numbered according to the image number in the digitized version; pages without tunes were imaged, but do not appear on this list. When multiple tunes are on a single page, they are separated by semicolons. Illegible characters or words are marked by underscores.

0007: The Pilgrim’s Progress; O To Be Married

0008: Catharine Ogie; Beautiful Molly O; The Doctor and his Bottle O

0009: Meable Kelly - from Henry Conway

0010: Killiecrankie; Old Sir Simon the King; Jenny McClean

0011: Carolan’s Receipt; Boyne Water

0012: Old Nick’s Lumber Room, or the Pawnbroker’s Warehouse; Colinet, A New Song

0013: The Family, or Billy Glad O; Boyne Water

0014: Graine Maol

0015: The __ey of M__ House; The Highland __ghes; Johnny’s Wedding

0016: O To Be Married; Langolee

0017: __; Hearts of Oak

0019: The Rapture of __; True Lover’s Birthday

0020: Rule Britannia; Fellow Servants

0021: Balance a Straw; The Siege of Carrickfergus

0022: This Wheel of Mine; Fisher’s Minuet a New Way

0023: The Buff’s March, or The Banks of the Lee; The King of Prussia’s March

0024: The New Prussian March

0025: __ Banks; Old Sir Simon the King; Black’s Hornpipe

0026: Roagery Doo

0027: Aileen Aroon

0029: Donald Og; The King’s Head; Over the Mountains

0030: Farewell Sweetheart, Since You and I Must Part; The Highlandman is Come to Town

0031: Le Capuchine de Maidon (Cotillion)

0033: Allemande Swisse (Cotillion)

0035: Marionets (Cotillion)

0037: La Montaigne (Cotillion)

0039: La Nouvelle Angloise (Cotillion)

0041: The Padlock

0043: The Sun Beams

0045: The Arcadian Nuptials

0047: Kings Arms Assembly

0049: Gilford Assembly

0051: Rural Felicity

0053: Mirth & Jollity

0055: Miss Moore; The Banks of the Shannon

0056: The Flowers of Edinburgh; The Black’s Reel

0057: Down the Burn Davie; Port Gordon, out of Edward Turner’s book

0058: Meable Kelly, the same of Edward Turner’s; O’Neal’s Lamentation for [Mrs.?] Timens; Kitty’s Ramble

0059: The Cuckoo’s Nest; The Jolly Tinker; Peggy Bawn; True Blue

0061: The Emperor of Germany March; Press Gate Hornpipe

0062: Pretty Peggy Sit Down by Me; The Lass of the North Country

0063: True Lover’s Birthday; Sally Trevour

0064: Duke’s March; Jenny’s Has My Heart

0065: The Brick Makers; The Europa; Black __

0066: Claver’s Killiecrankie

0067: Kate of Aberdeen; Colonel Handiside’s March

0068: Ketty Fell

0069: The Highland Watch’s March; Through the Wood Laddie by M. Moorhead

0070: Mary St. George [aka Molly St. George]; The Gates of Edinburgh

0071: Handel’s Favourite Minuet; A Gavotte by —----

0072: Aileen Aroon, a Favorite Irish Song, As Sung by Sig. Savoi, at the Rotunda; Bumper Squire Jones

0073: Sheep in a Cluster; __ Gramachree mo Colleen Og; "ends Bumper"

0074: Aileen Aroon (lyrics only)

0075: Ten [Deuces?] Minuet; La Prominate [i.e., Promenade]. The words by Mrs. Swift of Worchester; Lovely Nancy

0076: Bellisle March

0077: Prussia’s March; Lazy Johnny

0078: Marquis of Granby’s March; Lochaber No More

0079: The Belfast Minuet; A Minuet by Senor Argoni

0080: Mr. Mason’s Minuet; Mr. Pitt’s New Minuet

0081: The Lilliputian March; The Fox Hunter’s Jig, or, Mother My Dear

0082: The Turk’s March; Linky Lanky; Gilford Assembly; New Bath Minuet

0083: Sweets of Whiskey; Scotch Grounds; Lincolnshire Lads

0084: Grand Spy [aka Graf Spey]; Spinning Wheel

0085: Maggie Lauder; McNeal’s Hornpipe

0086: Sweet Willie O; The Maid’s Resolution; The Albin__ from __ Bullock; The Beggar’s Wedding

0087: Departing from Company; Lovely Nancy; Peas in Season; Nancy Dawson; Lady MacIntosh’s Reel

0088: Guardian Angel; Blayney’s March; Colonel Townshend’s March

0089: Lasses in Their Loom; Prominate [modern: Promenade]; Could You Do So

0090: A Minuet by Bartholomew Manwaring; The Black Dance

0091: March

0092: Greig’s Pipes; Donaldson’s Rant

0093: Síle Ní Ghadhra

0094: Aldridge’s Hornpipe; Brown’s Hornpipe; Jubilee Minuet; True Lover’s Lamentation

0095: Prudence; My Dog and My Gun; Lady Coventry’s Minuet

0096: The Cameronian March

0097: The Little Woman; God Save the King; True Blue; Contented I Am

0099: General Woolf’s March; The __illa; The Rapture

0101: Molly Moore; Cambridge Tender; Saw Ye My Father

0103: He’s Low Down; I Take __ Wars

0105: The Duke of Gloucester’s March; Lord Bleaney’s March

0107: Highland Frolick; Langolee; The Nun and Friar

0109: The Lad with the White Cockade; General How, or the Bigg Bow Wow

0111: Corn Rigs are Bonny; Young and Friendless; Wilks

0113: Molly Moore; The Fop; Let the Toast Pass

0115: The Nosegay; Bellisle March; Liberty Hall

0117: Love in a Village; Daniel Dram; Bumper Squire Jones

0119: Dainty Davy; The Peacock, or, Byrne’s Farewell; Aileen Aroon

0121: La Nouvelle Hollandaise (Cotillion); Through the Wood Laddie

0122: Blackheaded Deary; Lady Gore’s Minuet

0123: The Cuckoo’s Consort

0124: Nancy Dawson; Moll Roe; Over the Moor to Maggie; New Kildare Minuet

0125: The Lady’s Walking Pole; Mrs. Hayes’ Rant; Tioli’s Minuet

0126: Miss Maid’s Minuet [aka Lady Gordon’s Minuet]; Boney Lads; Cameronian Reel

0127: Bob Makenson’s Minuet; Ha-ormena__ [aka The Campbells are Coming]

0128: The Lee Side of Mogey; The Weavers; Nancy Dawson; Green Grow the Rushes O

0129: The King of Denmark; Moll Peatly; Shoe Maker

0130: True Lovers Minuet; Marquis of Granby’s March; Black Joak; Fairly Shot of Her

0131: Conway’s Favorite Minuet; Belly Boagy

0132: Ten [Deuces?] Minuet; Why Should Not Poor Folk; Soon to Maidenheads

0133: The Earl of Marshall’s Reel; The Padlock; Gramachree

0134: The Chorus Jigg; Part of Fisher’s Minuet

0135: A Charming Nun and Friar Bold; Rattle the Cash; Fisher’s Minuet

0136: Jack’s Alive; Tweedside; Soldier Laddie


Title
Malachie Donaldson Music Book
Status
Completed
Subtitle
1772
Author
Noah Sheola
Date
2024
Description rules
Dcrmm
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

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