1848 American/Irish Music on NPR

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I had to work today :imp: but heard the following link on
Studio 360.

The show today was about 1848 and the discussion covered the Irish influence on American music at the time.

an example- Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye/When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Anyway, here’s the link to their site if you’d like to listen to the tunes.

http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=studio+360&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D3256489eead76c75%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dstudio%2B360%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wnyc.org%252Fstudio360%252F%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPResults%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnyc.org%2Fstudio360%2F

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I heard a little bit of this while driving yesterday. It was the simultaneous playing of The Old Rose Tree and Turkey in the Straw. I thought it was interesting to see how the tune had changed here in America. I think perhaps one of the reasons it changed is that the style of fiddle playing changed in this country.

Ron