Young Man's Dream (The)

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 Also known as    Aisling an t-Og-Fir, Aislean an Oigfear, When that mild eye is beaming, As a beam o'er the face of the waters, Last Rose of Summer (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    AB, AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Edward Bunting
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 17, p. 10
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1796
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Aislean an Oigfear T:Young Man's Dream, The M:3/4 L:1/8 B:Edward Bunting - General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (1796, No. 17, p. 10) Q:"Very slow" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G {F}GA|B2 (de)(dB)|A2 G>EGA|B3G B/A/G|[B,4G4]:||(d/e/f)|g2 (gf) (f/e/d/f/)|(e2 d>)B (d/e/f)| g2 g<fe>d|e3 e/f/ gf|{f}e2 dB (e/d/)(B/A/)|(G2 A/)G/E/D/ GA|B2 AG B/A/G|[B,6G6]||


X:1 T:Young Man's Dream, The M:3/4 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, p. 445) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G>A|B>e d2c2|BA B>G E2|GABe dc|BA G2:|de/f/ g2 fg|e>d e>d B2| de/f/ g2 f>g|ed e3f|gf e2 dc|B>AB>G E2|G>A B>e d>c|B>A G4:|


X:1 T:Young Man’s Dream, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Lento" B:William Forde – 300 National Melodies of the British Isles (c. 1841, p. 3, No. 7) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/300-national-melodies-of-the-british-isles.-vol.-3-100.-irish-airs N:William Forde (c.1795–1850) was a musician, music collector and scholar from County Cork Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B>c|d2 f>gfd|c2-B GBc|d3B dc/B/|B4:||fg/a/|b3 a a/g/f/g/|g2-f2 fg/a/| b3 agf|g3 abg|f2- fd g/f/d/c/|B2 c/B/G/F/ B>c|d3 B dc/B/|B4||


X:1 T:Young Man’s Dream, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Pensively” B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 69, p. 35) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (d>e)|f2 (a>b)(a>f)|(e2 d)(Bd).e|(f3 d2) (f/e/).d|d4 (d>e)| .f2 (a>b) (a>f)|e2 (dB)(de)|(f3d) (f/e/d)|.d4 (a/b/).c'| (d'3c') (c'/b/a/b/)|(b2a) z (a/b/).c'|(d'3c' b)a|(b3 c'd'c')| {c'}(b2 a>f) (b/a/)(f/e/)|.d2 (e/d/B/A/) (.d>.e)|(f3d) (f/e/d)|{cde}d4 z2||


X:1 T:Young Man’s Dream, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Larghetto" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1 (1858, No. 168, p. 76) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G {F}GA|[G2B2] (de)(dB)|[F2A2] G>E GA|[D3B3]G B/A/G|[B,4G4]:|| |:(d/e/f)|[B2g2] (f/e/d/f/)|(e2d>)B (de/f/)|g2 g<f e<d|[B3e3] e/f/ [Gg]f| {f}[G2e2]dB (e/d/)(B/A/)| G2- A/G/E/D/ [D2G2][D2A2]|[D2B2] AG B/A/G|!fermata! [B,6G6]:|