Bard's Legacy (The)

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 Theme code Index    1155 126L1
 Also known as    Legacy (1) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:O'Farrell
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Pocket Companion vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 34
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1808
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 Title of recording    
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 Year recorded    
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Bard’s Legacy, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 39) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2G GDB,|d2d dBd|G2A BAB|E2F G3:| GBd g2f|fed edB|GBd g2f|fe^d e2f| g2f fdB|e2e dBG|GF2A BAB|E2F2G2||


X:1 T:Bard's Legacy, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, No. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2G GDB|d2e dBG|A2A BAB|E2F G2:| |:GBd g2g|fed edB|GBd g2g|fed e2!fermata!f| a2g edB|e2e dBG|G2A BAB|E2F G2:|


X:1 T:The Bard's Legacy M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Howe - Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C c2c cGE | g2g ged | c2d ede | A2B c2z :| ceg c'2c' | c'ag age | ceg c'2c' | c'ag a2c' | c'2 c' c'ge | a2a gec | c2d ede | A2B c2z ||