Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on November 26th 2008 by JosephC.
This tune has been added to 40 tunebooks.
Also known as Last Of The Starrs.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Last Of The Starrs
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
D2 A2 d2-|d6|G2 d2 f2|B4 f2|d4 A2|F6|E2 F2 A2|D6|
D2 A2 d2-|d6|G2 d2 f2|B4 za|f2 d4|A>B F3 E/D/|E2 F2 A>F|d6-|d4 d2||
a2 f2 B2|a2 f2 {A}Bd|a2 f2 B2|B2 d2 a2|G2 B2 d2|A2 c2 d>c|B2 d2 e>d|f4 g>b|
a2 f2 {A}Bd|a2 f2 B>d|a2 f2 B2|B2 d2 a2|G2 B2 d2|A2 c2 d2|B2 d2 e>d|f4 g2|
f4- ff/g/|e4 zf|d6-|d4 (3Gdg|f4- ff/g/|e4 f>e|d6-|d6||
This is a beautiful slow air written by Brian Finnegan of Flook, and I heard it played expertly on a video from Phil Hardy's website.
I'm hoping my transcription is accurate, though I probably left out some ornaments here and there.
I'll do my best to do less Flook in the future, but I couldn't help it with this one...
Here's Brian and Ed playing it:
http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=16261&Path=null
# Posted on November 26th 2008 by JosephC
Good transcript, nothing over the top at all Joseph. You might want to consider this change for those two bars in the last line ~ rather than | f5 f/g/ | ~ consider this ~ | f4- ff/g/ | ... I also enjoyed the link, thanks...
# Posted on November 26th 2008 by ceolachan
Done, thanks for that tip...
# Posted on November 26th 2008 by JosephC
"Finnegan poignantly dedicated "The Last of the Stars" to his late grandmother – his technique in this lyrical piece could not be faulted, and neither could his emotional sincerity." is what Jessie Bland wrote in http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/you-write-
the-reviews-flook-st-martins-school-essex-798347.html
Great tune.
# Posted on November 28th 2008 by Reelin´ man
New Record
Here is another record of Brian playing this beautiful waltz
together with William Coulter. Have a look. It's so breathtaking.
www.finnegancoulter.com
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by DerElligh
Brian says in one video of him playing this tune that it was written for his grandmother, whose maiden name was "Stars", and she was the last of the Stars children to pass away.
On Brian's new album, it's written as "Starrs" though- This may be a misspelling, or their name might be spelled Starrs.
# Posted on May 10th 2010 by JosephC