X: 1
T: Na Maithe Mora
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
"G"z2 BA BG|"D/F#"A2 d2 D2|"C/E"z2 GFGA|"G/D"B2 D2 GF|
"Am"E2 Gc cd|"G/B"B2 GA Bd|"C"e2 cd eg|"D"ga "Am/E"ed "D/F#"gf|
"G"g2 GA BG|"D/F#"A2 d2 D2|"C/E"z2 GF GA|"G/D"B2 D2 GF|
"Am"EG Gc de|"G/B"DG GA Bc|"C"de "G/D"B2 "D"A2|1 "G"G6:|2 "G"G4 gf||
|:"G"g2 de BA|"D/G"Bc AB GF|"C/E"GF "G/D"Gc "Am/C"BG|"Gma7/B"D3 D EG|
"Am"A3 B GA|"G/B"B2 GA Bd|"C"e2 de cB|"D:"AB "Am/E"de "D/F#"ga|
"G"bc' ag ed|"D/G"Bc A3 B|"C/E"GF "G/D"Gc "Am/C"BG|"Gma7/B"D3 G FD|
"Am"EG Gc de|"G/B"DG GA Bc|"C"de "G/D"B2 "D"A2|1 "G"G4 gf:|2 "G"G6||
Na Maithe Móra
This composition of harper Michael Rooney appears on the album "Draíocht" (see http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1000) and on the recording "Ocras: Music from the Famine Remembrance". On the website for Michael Rooney and June McCormick (http://homepage.eircom.net/~michaelandjune/1024_768/index.htm), this piece is described as "A melodic and haunting piece written in 3/4 time which captures the grace and elegance of 19th century Ireland as experienced by the Ascendancy." Michael translates the title as "The Landlord's Houses". It is actually a minuet, rather than a waltz.
# Posted on April 4th 2006 by feadogboy
Na Maithe Móra
"Michael Rooney composed this beautiful piece as part of 'The Famine Suite' in 1997, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the famine in Ireland. It was composed as a minuet and the title is an irish word wich translates to 'the gentry'."
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Extract from June McCormack's book "Fliùit - Irish Flute tutorial"
# Posted on January 21st 2012 by Ergos