Most-Recorded Mazurkas
The Top Ten Mazurkas of the Century

Of related interest:
  • Top 100 Tunes of the Century.
  • Top Ten
  • Rhythm Distribution: How common is this rhythm (tune type) in the bigger picture of all distinct Irish tunes?
  • Recordings by Decade: A graph of the historical distribution of the recordings considered here.

This list ranks the top ten most-recorded mazurkas out of the 13 distinct mazurkas on the indexed recordings. The tunes are ranked in descending order of number of recordings. When tunes have the same number of recordings, tunes having the oldest recordings appear first. Note that reuses of a particular cut in later anthologies are counted, which is fair, since the popularity of a recording is a good indicator both of the popularity of the tune and of the likelihood that musicians will learn the tune from that recording.

Click Tune Info below to see tune details and sources.

RankNumber of
Recordings		Explanation
Titles used for this tune (and other notes)
18 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of Shoe the DonkeyShoe the Donkey / Shoo the Donkey / Warsoviana /The Varsouviana / The Varsovienne / Varsovienne / Versevanna / The Versevianna / The Versavienna / Father Halpin's Top Coat / Fr. Halpin's Top Coat / [misspelled as:] Fr.Halpin's TopCoat / Gan Ainm (including a unique Northern setting on CA)
25 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of Sonny's MazurkaSonny's Mazurka / [misspelled as:] Sonnys Mazura / Sonny Brogan's Mazurka / Sonny Brogans / Garret Barry's Mazurka / The Polka-Mazurka
34 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of John Doherty'sJohn Doherty's / Johnny Doherty's Mazurka / James Byrne's Mazurka / Donegal Mazurka (1st in set Mazurkas Phroinsias Uí Mhaonaigh on CA; 1st in set Two Mazurkas on FS; 1st in set Gan Ainm on MV; 1st in set Tommy's Mazurkas on KC 2)
43 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of Mooney's MazurkaMooney's Mazurka (2nd in set Mazurkas Phroinsias Uí Mhaonaigh on CA; 2nd in set Two Mazurkas on FS) (also in A)
53 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of [untitled][untitled] (Mazurka on A RS; 3rd in set Tommy's Mazurkas on KC 2) (1st part may return or not between 2nd and 3rd part)
62 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of Untitled MazurkaUntitled Mazurka (also in G)
72 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of [untitled][untitled] (2nd in set Gan Ainm on MV; 2nd in set Tommy's Mazurkas on KC 2) (composed by Tommy Peoples)
81 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of Irish MazurkaIrish Mazurka, The / The Old Donegal Mazurka / Charlie Lennon's
91 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of PromenadePromenade, The
101 – Tune
Info		Transcription of first 2 bars of Jackie Dunnan's MazurkasJackie Dunnan's Mazurkas (1st in set)
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