Sheet Music: Katie's Fancy

TitleKatie's Fancy
Alternate titlesThe Humors of Cork
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG major
RangeD4–B5
Time signature6/8
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time1:00
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2017-01-10
Last updated2017-01-10
Download popularity index☆☆☆☆☆ 0.1 (rarely downloaded)
Categories
Celtic Music, Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Tuesday 10 January 2017

Tune of the Day: Katie's Fancy

Traditional Irish jig

This double jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's The Dance Music of Ireland: 1850 Gems, published in 1903. O'Neill said he acquired this tune from a Mr. Gillan, a retired businessman living in Chicago. It seems that Gillan was visiting his boyhood home in Ireland when he heard of a celebrated fiddler nearby, a Mr. Peter Kennedy. Gillan obtained the tune from Kennedy, but when he returned to Chicago he kept it closely guarded, only allowing it to be played on special occasions for particular friends. Knowing of the existence of the tune, O'Neill contrived with Gillan's daughter, who agreed to help him obtain it, and while O'Neill engaged Gillan in conversation, the daughter slipped upstairs and copied the melody, which she later gave to O'Neill. O'Neill made sure the tune was distributed to the Chicago Irish musical community, where it became quite popular.