A helpful article on Canon James Goodman, piper and music collector, who captured settings of the time and arguably saved more than a few tunes from being lost during the Famine emigration.
A documentary will air on TG4 Wednesday at 9:30; in the film, Mick O’Brien and Caoimhinh O’Raghallaigh will play some tunes from the Goodman collection in The Long Room of Trinity College, Dublin.
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Let’s hope this one makes it into TG4’s web archives!!!
Just caught the tail end of the TG4 show by chance, and found this post when googling Canon Goodman. The programme looked fascinating, never heard of him before but I’d like to know more now.
The Irish Traditional Music Archive have published a book with over 500 tunes from the collection and it’s available to buy on their website: http://www.itma.ie/Publications/Goodman.html
Their Address etc:
Irish Traditional Music Archive, 73 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
tel. +353-1-661 9699, fax +353-1-662 4585
e-mail: sales@itma.ie, web site: http://www.itma.ie
Thanks for the information! Mick O’Brien played a set of tunes (a lullaby, a jig called The Cauliflower, and another jig called Kissing and Drinking) from Canon Goodman’s collection when he was here at a tionol this fall. He mentioned how many of the transcriptions, while very simple, worked nicely on the pipes. Of course, just about anything would sit nicely with Mick’s piping … but anyway, it was gorgeous.
I’m so grateful for collectors (and preservers). Thanks again! I’ll be after that, just to study on.
I’d put that tune (Kissing and Drinking) on my list to learn from that book. It’s funny that Mick obviously has similar tastes! I mean, I like it for the title, as well as the actual tune.
There’re loads of great tunes in the book. I’ve already started an informal “learn Goodman and O’Farrell tunes club” with friends from Boston. It’s great fun!
Yippee, it’s in the archives (aka “Cartlann”)!!! I can’t figure out how to do a direct link to the program – it keeps coming up in its own webviewer window, but here’s the basic info:
