Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 29th 2007 by JACKB.
This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.
Also known as The Faery Queen, The Fairies Queen, The Fairies' Queen, The Fairy Queen, Queen Of The Fairies, The Queen Of The Fairies.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Fairy's Queen, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: mazurka
K: Dmaj
|:d4 A2 | c4 A2 | d4 A2 | dc de fe |
d2 dc BA | F2 FE FA | B4 c2 | d4 fe |
d2 d2 ed | c4 dc | BA Bc BA | F4 A2 |
BA Bc dB |Af e4 | d6 | d6 :|
|:f2 fe fg | fe fg fd | e2 ed ef | e2 f2 a2 |
d4 ed | c4 dc | BA Bc BA | F4 (3ABc |
d2 dc BA | F2 EF D2 | e2 ed cB | A4 de |
f2 B2 e2 | A2 d2 dc | d6 | d6 :|
|:d4 c2 | B2 A2 G2 | FA dF EF | D6 |
d4 A2 | B2 c2 d2 | e2 ed cB | A4 de |
f4 B2 | e4 A2 | d2 dc BA | F4 dc |
BA Bc BA | FE DE FA | B6 | B6 :|
|:d4 c2 | B2 A2 G2 | FA dF EF | D6 |
d6 | e6 | f6 | f4 A2 |
BA Bc Bc | dc de dc | BA Bc BA | F4 dA |
BA Bc dB | Af e4 | d6 | d6 :|
The Fair's Queen
This tune is a totally different tune to the tunes on the data base. This tune came from the playing of Liam O'Flynn on one of his early solo albums. It's a lovely tune and deserves to be heard more.
# Posted on July 29th 2007 by JACKB
Again, not a mazurka...
# Posted on July 30th 2007 by ceolachan
Carolan
This is attributed to Turlough O'Carolan. There are several versions around, but I particularly like the four-part version in O'Neill's, cut and pasted below. The third and fourth parts would sound less distinct in the same octave, which may be why the posted piping version only has three.
X: 1
T:The Fairy Queen
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 637
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu>
N:"Moderate"
N:Trailing grace notes in bar 32 not standard in abc (yet).
N:O'Neill has single bar at start of 4th section.
M:3/4
L:1/8
F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/book/oneills/1850/X/0637_jc.abc K:G
G4 D2 | F4 D2 | G4 D2 | {A}G>F G>A B>A \
| G3 F ED | {C}B,4 (A,/B,/D) | E4 ~F2 | G4 {c}B>A |
| ">"G4 (G//B//d3/2) | ">"F4 (F//A//d3/2) | E3 F ED | {C}B,4 D2 \
| {F}E>D (EF) (GE) | DB ~A3 (G/A/) | G6- | G4 Z2 ||
|| (BABcBc) | (BABc)(BG) | A4 A2 | A2 B2 d2 \
| ">"G3 ~G dG | ">"F3 ~F dF | (EDEF)(ED) | {C}B,4 (D/E/F) |
| (GFED)B,A, | G,4 (FG) | A3 (G FE) | D4 (GA) \
| B4 E2 | A4 D2 | ~G6 (F/G/) | G4 z2 ||
|| "ff".G2 .G2 .F2 | .E2 .D2 .C2 | (B,DGB,) A,G | G,4 z2 \
| "p"G2 G2 D2 | (E2 F2 G2) | (A>BAG)(FE) | .D.G,.B,.D.G.A |
| [B4G4] zB | [A4F4] zA | "f"G2 G2 ED | {C}B,4 (GF) \
| (E>DE)(FED) | ({C}B,A,G,A,)(B,D) | {D}E6 | z2 z2 (d/e/f) ||
| g2 g2 f2 | e2 d2 c2 | (BdgB)(Ag) | G4 (~FE/F/) \
| (GFEDEF) | (GFEFGA) | [B6G6] | z2 zBcd |
| (edef)(ef) | ({a}gfga)(gf) | (edef)(ed) | HB4 (gf) \
| (edef) g>d | (e<B) A4 | G2 G4- | G6 |]
# Posted on July 30th 2007 by tedium
Michelle O'Brien
Michelle O'Brien plays a version of this on her album with Aogan Lynch- it's the last track.
# Posted on July 30th 2007 by sneetch
Typo
To get the above abc to work, you may need to drop the K:G down to the next line. Also, I see the posted version has four parts too . . .
# Posted on July 30th 2007 by tedium
Sorry, also meant to say that the album isn't in the recordings database on this site and it is self-titled.
# Posted on July 30th 2007 by sneetch
The album is here:
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/330
It's a pity it's not re-released on CD.
# Posted on August 13th 2007 by swisspiper