SKU: HL.48009896
UPC: 073999685411. 8.5x11.75x0.345 inches.
Voice and Keyboard. Contents: Lovely Mollie * I'm a Decent Good Irish Body * The Star of the County Down * Oh Father, Father, Build me a Boat * I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue * She Lived Beside the Anner * Where the Grass Grows Green * The Fenians of Cahirciveen * Oh, Limerick is Beautiful * The Bold Tenant Farmer * The Dear Irish Boy * The Old Turf Fire * The Hounds of Filemore * My Blue Eyed Mountain Queen * The Black Ribbon-Band * My brown-haired Boy * My Bonny Labouring Boy * A Young Maid Stood in her Father's Garden * Tigaree Torum Orum * Johnny Doyle * I'm in arrears * The Philippine Soldier * Innisfree * Green Grows the Laurel * The Top of Inny's Side * The Little Black Rose * The Dingle Puck-Goat.
SKU: MB.30963
ISBN 9781513468204. 8.75x11.75 inches.
This exceptional collection of 41 truly beautiful airs and ballads from the British Isles offers both well-known tunes by the prolific blind Irish harpist, Turlough Oâ??Carolan and rarely heard melodies by anonymous composers; all have stood the test of time. Arranged for soprano or tenor recorder, these include Oâ??Carolanâ??s classically influenced â??Lord Inchiquinâ? and â??Eleanor Plunkettâ? as well as â??O Gentle Doveâ? and â??Cuckoo Dearâ?â?? both examples of the strong tradition of song in Wales. Among other tunes, the haunting modal melodies of â??The Dark Slender Boyâ? and â??Enchanted Valleyâ? express the melancholic heart and soul of the British Isles.A few of these songs have taken on a life of their own in modern times. â??Bonny at Mornâ?, a popular traditional tune of northern England and Scotland, was arranged for soprano voice and harp by the 20th century British composer, Benjamin Britten. â??The Skye Boat Songâ? originally recounted Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuartâ??s journey to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the historic Battle of Culloden. Later, the song evolved into a lilting lullaby and was more recently used as the theme song for the popular Outlander television series.Departing slightly from recorder notation practice, author Marcia Diehl has judiciously arranged these melodies complete with spare slur markings to aid the amateur player in authentically and musically rendering these tunes.
