Glass Island Reel: A Song History

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"Glass Island Reel" is one of the tunes in Steve Eulberg's Another Jig Will Do: Songs And Tunes Of The Angles And The Celts, a book for both mountain and hammered dulcimer published by Fingers Of Steel, whose listing sets it in DAD tuning and names no composer.[1] The book's contents page, reproduced on the listing, files it among the reels with a capo at the first fret, and the download includes recordings by Eulberg himself.[1] Eulberg's site dates the book to 2009, and the tune also appears in his guitar edition of the collection.[2][3]

Watercolor of dark blue island cliffs above a harbor with small boats, under a yellow and blue sky with birds

Frank Wilcox, Manana Islands, watercolor, 1925. Shown for its island scene; it has no connection to the tune.

The book's listing presents Eulberg as a performer and teacher on both mountain and hammered dulcimer.[1] His profile with the touring musicians' union AFM Local 1000 says he owns Owl Mountain Music and co-owns and teaches at DulcimerCrossing.com.[4]

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Sources

  1. Fingers Of Steel: "Steve Eulberg, Another Jig Will Do: Songs And Tunes Of The Angles And The Celts".
  2. Owl Mountain Music: "Another Jig Will Do for Hammered Dulcimer".
  3. Owl Mountain Music: "Another Jig Will Do: Guitar Edition Digital Download".
  4. AFM Local 1000: "Steve Eulberg".
  5. Image: Frank Wilcox, Manana Islands, watercolor, 1925. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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