Seamus Tansey, also spelled Séamus Tansey, was an Irish flute player born in

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, Ireland in 1943. He won the All-Ireland flute title in 1965. Seamus Tansey died on July 9, 2022.

Discography

* ''The Breeze From Erin - Irish Folk Music On Wind Instruments'' - 1969 * ''Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran'' (1967) * ''Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran'' (re-release; 1970) * ''Séamus Tansey – Traditional Irish Music'' (1971) ** ''The Best of Seamus Tansey. Traditional Irish Flute'' (re-release under a different title; undated) ** ''Seamus Tansey'' - re-released as part of the Irish Music Licensing's ''Celtic Souls, Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music'' (2006) * ''Music from the Coleman Country'' (1972) * ''Traditional music from Sligo'' (1973) * ''King of the Concert Flute'' (1976) ** ''King of the Concert Flute. Remastered'' (re-release; no date) * ''Rosin the Bow'' (1976) * ''Jigs Reels and Airs'' (1981) * ''Easter Snow'' (1997) * ''To Hell with the Begrudgers'' (1998) * ''Words and Music'' (2001) In 2009 ''Paddy Ryan's Dream/Mamma's Pet'' from ''The Breeze From Erin'' recorded with Reg Hall was included in

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70 year anniversary boxed set ''

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'' as track six on the third CD. The track "Sean McKenna's Reels" from ''Séamus Tansey – Traditional Irish Music'' was included on the compilation ''The Champions. 9 Outlet champions play 16 of their best tracks of Irish traditional music'' in 1974.

References

External links

Geoff Wallis's review of Tansey's "Words and Music" CD

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tansey, Seamus Irish folk musicians Irish male flautists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from County Sligo 20th-century Irish flautists 21st-century Irish flautists 20th-century Irish male musicians 21st-century Irish male musicians