description: WAIFS AND STRAYS OF GAELIC MELODYComprising Forgotten Favorites, Worthy Variants, and Tunes not Previously Printed.Collected and Edited by CAPT. FRANCIS O'NEILL Compiler and Publisher of"The Music of Ireland", "The Dance Music of Ireland", and "O'Neill's Irish Music for Piano or Violin" AUTHOR OF "Irish Folk Music - A Fascinating Hobby", and "Irish Minstrels and Musicians" ARRANGED BYSelena O'Neill, Mus.Bac. The folk music of Ireland, admittedly richer and more varied than that of any nation, has not only survived the vicissitudes of of her tragic history, but has in reality been enriched by countless variants no less pleasing to the modern ears than the original strains from which they were derived.Combined, the Irish and Scotch possess the richest musical heritage in the world, and so uninterrupted was the intercourse of wandering minstrels between the sister kingdoms - so similar the style of their melodies - that no inconsiderable portion of our finest airs became a sort of disputed property claimed by both peoples. "No stroke of art their texture bears, No cadence wrought with learned skill, And tough long worn by rolling years, Yet unimpaired they please us still; While thousands strains of mystic lore Have perished, and are heard no more." ...Should the musical antiquary, or modern composer, derive from a study of Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody as much profit as the editor did of pleasure in its compilation and publication, all is well and the desired end has been attained.
language: English
title: Waifs & Strays of Gaelic Melody
titlecomplete: Waifs & Strays of Gaelic Melody
publisher: Humanities Pr