The Congress Reel
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Congress Reel", in Gaelic "An Chomhdháil" is an Irish reel in A Aeolian (Brody) or<br> A Dorian (most versions). The parts are played AABB.<br> It is said that this reel was composed in honor of the World Eucharistic Congress in<br> Dublin, in 1932, or was popular around that time and the name became attached.<br> The melody shares some similarities with "The Hunter's Purse".<br> It was printed in<br> Breathnach's CRÉ I (1963),<br> Breathnach's Folk Music and Dance of Ireland (1971),<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Cranitch's Irish Fiddle Book (1996),<br> Cranitch's Irish Session Tunes: Red Book (2000),<br> Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005),<br> Mallinson's 100 Essential (1995) and<br> Taylor's Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice (1994).<br> It was recorded by<br> Seamus Creagh on An Fhidil Straith II,<br> The Irish Tradition on The Corner House (1978),<br> Kevin Burke on Open House (1992),<br> Frankie Gavin on Traditional Music of Ireland and<br> Yankee Ingenuity on Heatin' Up the Hall (1989).<br>
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