The Ancient Music of Ireland (Bunting, Edward)

		Movements/Sections 3 volumes First Publication 1796, 1809, 1840 Genre Categories Pieces; Folksongs; Songs; Music history; Writings; Organology; For harp; Scores featuring the harp; For 1 player; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; English language; Gaelic language

Sheet Music

• Scores (5)

Scores

Volume 1: A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music

 Vol. 1 - complete facsimile
*#32835 - 1.61MB, 37 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 4306x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2009/6/17)

Publisher Info.:

Dublin: W. Power & Co., 1796.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Full descriptive title: A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music, Containing a Variety of Admired Airs never before Published and also the Compositions of Conolan and Carolan, Collected from the Harpers &c. in the different Provinces of Ireland, and adapted for the Piano-Forte

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 Vol. 1 - complete facsimile
*#59387 - 3.18MB, 43 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 1589x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2010/3/19)

 Vol. 1 - complete facsimile (alternate scan)
*#191783 - 5.04MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 518x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2012/3/23)

Publisher Info.:

London: Preston & Son, n.d.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Later edition

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Volume 2: A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland

 Vol. 2 - complete facsimile
*#32836 - 4.35MB, 109 pp. -  8.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 1683x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2009/6/17)

Publisher Info.:

London: (engraved by Williamson), n.d. [1809]

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Full descriptive title: A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, Arranged for the Piano Forte. some of the most admired Melodies are adapted for the Voice To Poetry chiefly translated from the Original Irish Songs by Thomas Campbell Esq. and other Eminent Poets: To which is prefixed a Historical & Critical Dissertation on The Egyptian, British and Irish Harp

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Volume 3: The Ancient Music of Ireland

 Vol. 3 - complete facsimile
*#32839 - 7.64MB, 220 pp. -  7.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 1702x⇩

PDF scanned by Seamus Taylor
Fynnjamin (2009/6/17)

Publisher Info.:

Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1840.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Full descriptive title: The Ancient Music of Ireland, Arranged for the Piano Forte, To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Irish Harp and Harpers, Including an Account of the Old Melodies of Ireland

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General Information

Work Title	The Ancient Music of Ireland
Alternative Title	A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music, Containing a Variety of Admired Airs never before Published and also the Compositions of Conolan and Carolan, Collected from the Harpers &c. in the different Provinces of Ireland

Composer	Bunting, Edward
Movements/Sections	3 volumes
First Publication	1796, 1809, 1840
Librettist	trad., Thomas Campbell
Language	English, Irish Gaelic
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Piano, voice, (harp, clarsach)

Misc. Comments

Although these pieces have been adapted for the piano, they were taken down from harpers, pipers, fiddlers, singers etc., so could be re-adapted for harp and other instruments. Harp has been tagged due to the organological discussion of the instrument.