The Irish Hautboy
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Irish Hautboy", in Gaelic "An Fioeog Éirinneac", also known as<br> "The Hautboy" or "The Irish Hoboy" is an Irish Air in 4/4 time and<br> G Major (most versions) or D Major (Howe). The parts are played AAB.<br> It is similar to<br> "Lisdoonvarna Reel",<br> "Mary Donlevy",<br> "The Smuggler's Reel"<br> and "Tadhg a Rúin"<br> It is from the latter 18th century, at least.<br> A hautboy (or 'hoboy') is an oboe, but it is possible the title refers<br> to the uilleann pipes, another double-reed instrument. A simplified<br> form of the melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript.<br> Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West<br> England, in the 19th century and his manuscript dates from around 1820.<br> The tune appears to have been first published in London by Longman,<br> Lukey and Broderip in Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select<br> Country Dances, Cotillons (1776).<br> It appears in a few other period publications and in several musicians'<br> manuscript collections on both sides of the Atlantic, including London<br> musician Thomas Hammersley's c. 1790 copybook, the c. 1792 Scottish<br> John Carter copybook, American fluter Henry Beck's manuscript (1786)<br> and Shelburne, Nova Scotia, flute player (Ensign) Thomas Molyneaux's<br> collection of 1788, among others. <br> It was printed in Aird's Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and<br> Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782),<br> John Hall's A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs<br> (c. 1818),<br> Elias Howe's Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (1880-1882),<br> Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909),<br> Knowles' The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript (1993),<br> John Offord's Bonny Cumberland (2018) (as "The Hautboy"),<br> Petrie-Stanford's Complete Collection (1903-06)<br> (appears as "Mary Donlevy"),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903) and<br> Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson's The Hibernian Muse (1787).<br>
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