Monday, March 30, 2009

Free Uilleann Pipe Mp3 downloads

The uilleann piper Patsy Touhey was the most celebrated Irish traditional musician of his day. Born in 1865, he flourished in the USA as a professional entertainer and became a prime mover of the Gaelic music revival in the States. Today his music is a byword for unsurpassed virtuosity.

His crucial importance to the history of Irish traditional music is that he is the earliest traditional musician of whom we have a substantial body of sound recordings, giving us a unique insight into the incredibly rich world of traditional music making in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The largest single collection of recordings of Touhey’s music is the Busby-Carney collection, which is now held at the Irish Traditional Music Archive. This collection contains private cylinder recordings made by Touhey himself and often featuring spoken introductions by him. A remastered selection from the collection is given here.

 

Patsy Touhey
ITMA Refno.Track Title

20409-CYL

The Munster Gimlet (jig)

20410-CYL

The Humours of Ennistymon (jig and reel)

20411-CYL

Humours of Whiskey (jig and reel)

20412-CYL

The Sword in Hand (reel)

20413-CYL

Poll Halpenny (hornpipe and reel) 

20414-CYL

Harrigan's Fancy (reel)

20415-CYL

The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (slow air)

20416-CYL

The Dandy Reel 

20417-CYL

Fasten the Leg in Her (jig and reel) 

20418-CYL

My Love is in America (reel)

20419-CYL

Garryowen (slow air and reel) 

20420-CYL

Brian the Brave (slow air and reel)

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