There's a lovely recording of Damien Mullane on the Comhaltas site, playing an air identified as "An Buachaill Caol Dubh" in the title, and as "An Buachaillín Bán" in the description:
I'm wondering which (if either) is correct. I've searched here and elsewhere for these titles, as well as for "dark slender boy," "fair-haired boy," "dear Irish boy," and every other title I can associate with these names, and I can't match up the recording with any tune here, or with any transcription or recording in my collection of books and discs.
Does anyone know what this tune is properly called?
Jonathan, I've just had a listen to that and the air that Damien is playing certainly doesn't seem to be An Buachaill Caol Dubh. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that it is An Buachaillin Ban either!
For a lovely rendition of An Buachaill Caol Dubh (in English) check out John Doyle's da singing it on his son's album, Evening Comes Early.
I don't know, but it sounds like "An Buachaill Caol Dubh" to me. Our attempt is at http://www.cdbaby.com/hullksiazek if you want a listen, and I'll happily fwd the full .mp3 if you want to compare - it's not too different than the Doyle recording, though. Always really interesting (to me, anyway) to listen to how instrumentalists interpret vocal music - there's so much musical information in a good singing performance that it seems like everyone picks up on different things that are important.
An Buachaill Caol Dubh or An Buachaillín Bán?
An Buachaill Caol Dubh or An Buachaillín Bán?
There's a lovely recording of Damien Mullane on the Comhaltas site, playing an air identified as "An Buachaill Caol Dubh" in the title, and as "An Buachaillín Bán" in the description:
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/an_buachaill_caol_dubh_the_house_keeper/
I'm wondering which (if either) is correct. I've searched here and elsewhere for these titles, as well as for "dark slender boy," "fair-haired boy," "dear Irish boy," and every other title I can associate with these names, and I can't match up the recording with any tune here, or with any transcription or recording in my collection of books and discs.
Does anyone know what this tune is properly called?
TIA,
Jonathan
# Posted on September 2nd 2007 by Jumper
Re: An Buachaill Caol Dubh or An Buachaillín Bán?
Jonathan, I've just had a listen to that and the air that Damien is playing certainly doesn't seem to be An Buachaill Caol Dubh. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that it is An Buachaillin Ban either!
For a lovely rendition of An Buachaill Caol Dubh (in English) check out John Doyle's da singing it on his son's album, Evening Comes Early.
# Posted on September 2nd 2007 by sergeant fox
Re: An Buachaill Caol Dubh or An Buachaillín Bán?
A short sample of "An Buachaillín Bán" by Christy Barry on Wooden Flute Obsession volume 3
http://www.worldtrad.org/MP3/WFO3/Christy_Barry.mp3
# Posted on September 2nd 2007 by kkrell
Re: An Buachaill Caol Dubh or An Buachaillín Bán?
Thanks, sergeant fox & kkrell.
All of the transcriptions and recordings I have found of tunes with those two titles are clearly different melodies from this one.
I guess it'll have to remain gan ainm, unless someone comes up with a better title.
# Posted on September 3rd 2007 by Jumper
Re: An Buachaill Caol Dubh or An Buachaillín Bán?
I don't know, but it sounds like "An Buachaill Caol Dubh" to me. Our attempt is at http://www.cdbaby.com/hullksiazek if you want a listen, and I'll happily fwd the full .mp3 if you want to compare - it's not too different than the Doyle recording, though. Always really interesting (to me, anyway) to listen to how instrumentalists interpret vocal music - there's so much musical information in a good singing performance that it seems like everyone picks up on different things that are important.
# Posted on September 4th 2007 by reenactor