The Ancient Music of Ireland: Arranged for PianoCourier Corporation, 2000 M01 1 - 109 pages In 3 volumes Bunting (1773–1843) published almost 300 airs and practically single-handedly rescued Irish music from oblivion. The present collection, the last of the trilogy, is enriched by an invaluable 100-page preface and followed by 151 Irish airs arranged for piano, with the Irish names of the airs, their authors, and dates of composition. |
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12 Inches Activity of finger ancient Irish antiquity Antrim appear Arthur O'Neill Author and date bagpipe Ballinderry Ballyshannon Baron of Loughmoe bass Belfast Belfast Meeting bheag blind Bonny Cuckoo Burke Byrne Cambrensis caoine Carolan century chord chorus Collection composed Connallon Conor County Mayo Cres Cronan Cruit date unknown Deirdre diatonic scale Distinctly Drimmin dubh Dublin Editor ENGLISH CHARACTERS Fergus Glen Etive hand harmony harper Hempson instrument Ireland IRISH CHARACTERS Irish harp Irish melody Irish music King Lady lamentation Lively Lyons Mael Magilligan manner Mayo Moderately Quick Molly MUSIC OF IRELAND musician Naisi NAMES IN ENGLISH NAMES IN IRISH native notes O'Cahan O'Donnell octave ogh hone old Irish original peculiar performance Petrie piano piper pipes Plaintive Planxty played preserved Rory Scotland sing Slow song Spirit style sung tead third fingers tone tune Tyrone Ulster words
References to this book
Beethoven's Folksong Settings: Chronology, Sources, Style Barry A. R. Cooper No preview available - 1994 |