April 10, 2021

Season 5 Episode 10 Jackson playthrough part 2 & Drops of Brandy Deep Dive

47 minutes

William Dixon: Apprentice Lads of Alnwick

Jackson: Jackson Over the Water, Jackson’s Dream, Jackson’s Night Cap, Jackson’s Morning Brush, Jackson’s Humours of Panteen, Jackson’s Cummilum, Jackson’s Dream

O’Farrell: Jackson’s Dream, Cummalum with variations

Angus MacKay’s Drops of Brandy, The Isle of Skye Local Militia’s March

David Young: Drops of Brandy

John Sutherland: Cummilum an Irish Tune

Donald MacDonald: The Far Away Wedding

Matt Seattle: Old Drops of Brandy

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I found this Twitter Thread somewhat helpful in understanding some parts of what is going on in Belfast:

https://twitter.com/NiamhGal/status/1380172979376697354?s=20

1733: William Dixon’s Apprentice Lads of Alnwick

https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

1774: Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Humours of Panteen, Jackson’s Nightcap, Jackson’s Morning Brush

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

James Aird Vol 3: Jackson’s Night Cap: It seems like Aird Copied Jackson’s Book Note for Note, so I don’t play this as a separate tune but you can see it here:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87704775

1774: Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Dream

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

1808: O’Farrell: Jackson’s Dream

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780494

1774: Walker Jackson: Cummilum

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

1785: Sutherland’s Cummillum an Irish Tune: Tune number 136 on Page 70:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-41-80.pdf

1800: O’Farrell: Cummalum with Variations

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/ofnim/ofnim_table.html

1808: O’Farrell: Trip to Kilarney You can look at this just to see how similar it is to the Variations O’Farrell put into Cummalum:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87779738

1734: David Young: Drops of Brandy (page 23 of PDF)

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf

1854: Angus MacKay: Drops of Brandy & Isle of Skye Local Militia’s March

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105007102

1828: Donald MacDonald’s Far awa’ Wedding

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682847

Here are some of the Playford Tunes from the 1600s that people think are a grandfather of Drops of Brandy:

https://playforddances.com/dances/virgin-queen/

http://playforddances.com/dances/scotland/

2006:Matt Seattle’s (Old) Drops of Brandy: This is Matt’s own setting based on several historical accounts, beginning with David Young’s. It appears in Over the Hills and Far Away

https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/over-the-hills-and-far-away

Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources

Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast!

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April 10, 2021

Season 5 Episode 10 Jackson playthrough part 2 & Drops of Brandy Deep Dive

47 minutes

William Dixon: Apprentice Lads of Alnwick

Jackson: Jackson Over the Water, Jackson’s Dream, Jackson’s Night Cap, Jackson’s Morning Brush, Jackson’s Humours of Panteen, Jackson’s Cummilum, Jackson’s Dream

O’Farrell: Jackson’s Dream, Cummalum with variations

Angus MacKay’s Drops of Brandy, The Isle of Skye Local Militia’s March

David Young: Drops of Brandy

John Sutherland: Cummilum an Irish Tune

Donald MacDonald: The Far Away Wedding

Matt Seattle: Old Drops of Brandy

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Thanks For Listening! Please Consider Supporting the Show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I found this Twitter Thread somewhat helpful in understanding some parts of what is going on in Belfast:

https://twitter.com/NiamhGal/status/1380172979376697354?s=20

1733: William Dixon’s Apprentice Lads of Alnwick

https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

1774: Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Humours of Panteen, Jackson’s Nightcap, Jackson’s Morning Brush

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

James Aird Vol 3: Jackson’s Night Cap: It seems like Aird Copied Jackson’s Book Note for Note, so I don’t play this as a separate tune but you can see it here:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87704775

1774: Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Dream

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

1808: O’Farrell: Jackson’s Dream

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780494

1774: Walker Jackson: Cummilum

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

1785: Sutherland’s Cummillum an Irish Tune: Tune number 136 on Page 70:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-41-80.pdf

1800: O’Farrell: Cummalum with Variations

http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/ofnim/ofnim_table.html

1808: O’Farrell: Trip to Kilarney You can look at this just to see how similar it is to the Variations O’Farrell put into Cummalum:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87779738

1734: David Young: Drops of Brandy (page 23 of PDF)

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf

1854: Angus MacKay: Drops of Brandy & Isle of Skye Local Militia’s March

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105007102

1828: Donald MacDonald’s Far awa’ Wedding

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682847

Here are some of the Playford Tunes from the 1600s that people think are a grandfather of Drops of Brandy:

https://playforddances.com/dances/virgin-queen/

http://playforddances.com/dances/scotland/

2006:Matt Seattle’s (Old) Drops of Brandy: This is Matt’s own setting based on several historical accounts, beginning with David Young’s. It appears in Over the Hills and Far Away

https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/over-the-hills-and-far-away

Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources

Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast!

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677

Listen on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

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