Annotation:John O'Reilly (1): Difference between revisions
m (Text replace - "[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Tune properties and standard notation]]" to "'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''' | =='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''JOHN O'REILLY [1]''' (Sean O Raighilligh). AKA and see "[[Planxty O'Reilly]]." Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), | '''JOHN O'REILLY [1]''' (Sean O Raighilligh). AKA and see "[[Planxty O'Reilly]]," "[[Planxty Reilly]]," "[[Wandering Bard (The)]]," "[[Molly Carew]]." Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), although Donal O'Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertable evidence of its origin. It was first published by the Neales in Dublin, c. 1724 as "[[Mr. John Reilly]]." O'Sullivan (1958) concludes the song was composed for John O'Reilly of Oristown (Baile Órtha), County Meath, near Kells, who died prior to 1742. O'Sullivan's primary source is the music manuscript collection of Anglican cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman, who collected in County Cork and Munster in the mid-19th century. It may be, notes O'Sullivan, that the last two parts of the tune (which do not appear in any earlier versions of the tune) may have been added by a piper or fiddler. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
The air was adapted by Thomas Moore in his '''Irish Melodies''' for his song "[[Wandering Bard (The)]]." It is also known as "[[Molly Carew]]" in Lover's setting. It was recorded in the periodical '''Belfast Northern Star''' of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818), a blind harper who played at the Belfast Harp Festival and who was one of the last of the old itinerant harpers, mentions the tune in his memoirs. As a young man he toured Ireland several times and related meeting other famous harpers: | |||
< | <blockquote> | ||
''I met my namesake Peggy O’Neill. She was past child-bearing when I did '' | |||
''meet her. She played decently on the harp. If fame don’t tell lies of her, it'' | |||
''mentioned that she was uncommon fond of playing all Carolan’s planxties,'' | |||
''such as ‘Planxty Connor’, ‘Planxty Reilly’, and about twenty-eight other '' | |||
''planxties, which poor Peggy always set to music on her instrument on a C flat.'' | |||
</blockquote> | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
| Line 15: | Line 21: | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
''Printed sources'': '''Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes''', 1984; No.140, pp. 98-99. O'Sullivan ('''Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper'''), 1958; No. 140, p. | ''Printed sources'': Bunting ('''A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland'''), 1796; No. 46, p. 25. '''Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes''', 1984; No.140, pp. 98-99. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 236. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 665, p. 120. O'Sullivan ('''Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper'''), 1958; No. 140, p. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| Line 25: | Line 31: | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''' | =='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 19 March 2016
Back to John O'Reilly (1)
JOHN O'REILLY [1] (Sean O Raighilligh). AKA and see "Planxty O'Reilly," "Planxty Reilly," "Wandering Bard (The)," "Molly Carew." Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), although Donal O'Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertable evidence of its origin. It was first published by the Neales in Dublin, c. 1724 as "Mr. John Reilly." O'Sullivan (1958) concludes the song was composed for John O'Reilly of Oristown (Baile Órtha), County Meath, near Kells, who died prior to 1742. O'Sullivan's primary source is the music manuscript collection of Anglican cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman, who collected in County Cork and Munster in the mid-19th century. It may be, notes O'Sullivan, that the last two parts of the tune (which do not appear in any earlier versions of the tune) may have been added by a piper or fiddler.
The air was adapted by Thomas Moore in his Irish Melodies for his song "Wandering Bard (The)." It is also known as "Molly Carew" in Lover's setting. It was recorded in the periodical Belfast Northern Star of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818), a blind harper who played at the Belfast Harp Festival and who was one of the last of the old itinerant harpers, mentions the tune in his memoirs. As a young man he toured Ireland several times and related meeting other famous harpers:
I met my namesake Peggy O’Neill. She was past child-bearing when I did meet her. She played decently on the harp. If fame don’t tell lies of her, it mentioned that she was uncommon fond of playing all Carolan’s planxties, such as ‘Planxty Connor’, ‘Planxty Reilly’, and about twenty-eight other planxties, which poor Peggy always set to music on her instrument on a C flat.
Source for notated version: the James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century, County Cork) [O'Sullivan].
Printed sources: Bunting (A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland), 1796; No. 46, p. 25. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No.140, pp. 98-99. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 236. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 665, p. 120. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 140, p.
Recorded sources: Shanachie 79013, Derek Bell - "Carolan's Receipt" (1987).