180. The Glenmore Hunt
207. The Home-Made Reel
25. Sweet Castle Hill
50. The Valley near Sliavnamon
37. My Dear Irish Girl
187. A Letter From Home
178. Kitty O' Neill
49. Banished to America
3. Rocking The Cradle
38. The Dawning of the Day
23. Graine Uaile
Are the ones that get my attention. I really like these.
I've searched for several of the tunes on this website, youtube, and google, and can't find recordings of any of them.
The melodic and rhythmic progressions in these tunes sound a bit different the the ones I normally hear in the Irish music i've been listening to. I like them though.
You have a mix of airs, a descriptive piece and various dance tunes there. The book, in it's original printed versions, actually supplies some comments. And I take it you haven't tried Selena O Neill's piano versions as they appeared in the original
O'Neill took most of them from older printed collections, some appeared in O Farrell's Pocket Companion for example, some are Scottish. Waifs and Strays is a bit of a mixed bag.
The title 'WAIFS AND STRAYS OF GAELIC MELODY' should give you a good clue, both as to content and mindset of publisher.
As Prof. says, Irish trad music is not confined to jigs, reels and hornpipes - there are all sorts of other musical pieces; airs to sean nos songs, airs to ballads, marches, waltzes, dittys etc. etc.
Gaelic Tunes.
Gaelic Tunes.
What kind of tunes are these?
http://www.celtic-sheet-music.com/waifsandstrays.html
180. The Glenmore Hunt
207. The Home-Made Reel
25. Sweet Castle Hill
50. The Valley near Sliavnamon
37. My Dear Irish Girl
187. A Letter From Home
178. Kitty O' Neill
49. Banished to America
3. Rocking The Cradle
38. The Dawning of the Day
23. Graine Uaile
Are the ones that get my attention. I really like these.
I've searched for several of the tunes on this website, youtube, and google, and can't find recordings of any of them.
The melodic and rhythmic progressions in these tunes sound a bit different the the ones I normally hear in the Irish music i've been listening to. I like them though.
# Posted on September 20th 2011 by fiddlelearner
Re: Gaelic Tunes.
You have a mix of airs, a descriptive piece and various dance tunes there. The book, in it's original printed versions, actually supplies some comments. And I take it you haven't tried Selena O Neill's piano versions as they appeared in the original
# Posted on September 20th 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski
Re: Gaelic Tunes.
"I take it you haven't tried Selena O Neill's piano versions as they appeared in the original "
Ummm... Can't say i know her...
# Posted on September 20th 2011 by fiddlelearner
Re: Gaelic Tunes.
I guess the real question is, are these Irish as well?
# Posted on September 21st 2011 by fiddlelearner
Re: Gaelic Tunes.
O'Neill took most of them from older printed collections, some appeared in O Farrell's Pocket Companion for example, some are Scottish. Waifs and Strays is a bit of a mixed bag.
# Posted on September 21st 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski
Re: Gaelic Tunes.
The title 'WAIFS AND STRAYS OF GAELIC MELODY' should give you a good clue, both as to content and mindset of publisher.
As Prof. says, Irish trad music is not confined to jigs, reels and hornpipes - there are all sorts of other musical pieces; airs to sean nos songs, airs to ballads, marches, waltzes, dittys etc. etc.
# Posted on September 21st 2011 by the wounded hussar
Re: Gaelic Tunes.
Thanks Profesor!
# Posted on September 21st 2011 by fiddlelearner
Re: Gaelic Tunes.
Prof, can I take it from your comment that the Selena O'Neill piano arrangements are not so good? I've never seen them.
# Posted on September 21st 2011 by Jameson Stew