On page 194 of his “Damn your Body” bundle of live transcription pages, Edward Bunting wrote live sketches of two song airs, perhaps from the singing of harper and tradition-bearer Charles Byrne in the 1790s. Because I think these are transcribed from songs and not from harp performances, I am going to look at both quickly so we can move on.
Continue reading A rún, fan agam is fuirigh go ló, ⁊ Bruach na coille craobhaíAuthor: Simon Chadwick
Caití na gCuach
Bunting wrote a live transcription of a tune into his “Damn your Body” pamphlet in the 1790s. We will look at it very briefly and then move on.
Continue reading Caití na gCuachMarbhna Eoghain Uí Néill
As we have just been considering the upside-down leaf in QUB SC MS4.29 (p.199–200), we may as well deal with the other tune on page 199.
Continue reading Marbhna Eoghain Uí NéillMaidin bhog aoibhinn
During the 1790s, Edward Bunting made four different live transcriptions of the tune of Maidin bhog aoibhinn. They are in different sections of QUB SC MS4.29, and were transcribed from four different tradition-bearers. Bunting published a kind of composite or synthetic version of the tune in his Ancient Music of Ireland (1840). In this post we are going to look at the four different live transcriptions, and try to say something useful about each of them.
Continue reading Maidin bhog aoibhinnCáiteach róin
Some time in the 1790s, Edward Bunting made two different transcription notations of the tune of A cháiteach róin onto the same page in his “Damn your Body” collecting pamphlet. He later claims both were transcribed from the singer and harper Charles Byrne.
Continue reading Cáiteach róinBradóg
We have two independent live transcription notations of this tune in Edward Bunting’s papers. In this post we will look at both of them in turn, and then we will discuss the likely provenance of each. We will also briefly consider other versions of the tune.
Continue reading BradógGrá na mBan Óg
Edward Bunting made what looks like a live transcription of a tune which he gives two titles, Grá na mBan Óg or James Plunkett. The notation is in one of his 1790s transcription pamphlets, now bound up as Queen’s University Belfast, Special Collections, MS4.29 page 197/195/204/f97r.
Continue reading Grá na mBan ÓgMoggy
Edward Bunting made what looks to me like a live transcription notation of a tune titled “Moggy” into one of his collecting pamphlets in the 1790s. Lets take a quick look at it.
Continue reading MoggyNa Gamhna Geala
In one of his little 1790s collecting pamphlets, Edward Bunting made what looks like a live transcription from a traditional performance of the tune of Na Gamhha Geala. The page is now bound up as part of Queen’s University Belfast, Special Collections, MS4.29 page 198/196/205/f97v.
Continue reading Na Gamhna GealaMaking a set of pins
This post documents the making of a set of 29 tuning pins, starting with my turned brass pin blanks.
Continue reading Making a set of pins