Annotation:Kitty Magennis: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:41, 30 May 2012

KITTY MAGENNIS. Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Sullivan (1958) says that "it appears from the words that Kitty Magennis was a daughter of Arthur Magennis. In all probability he was the neighbour of Maguire of Tempo to whose place Maguire suggested Carolan that they should ride over for dinner; but Carolan demurred on the ground that he wished to go to Alderford."

Source for notated version: John Mulholland's Collection of Ancient Irish Airs (Belfast, 1810) [O'Sullivan]. There were no accidentals in Mulholland's setting (i.e. G mixolydian), and it was altered to the dorian mode by O'Sullivan.

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 94, p. 73. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 94, p. 151.

Recorded sources:

Back to Kitty Magennis

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 </font></p>
 <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
-''Source for notated version'': John Mulholland's '''Collection of Ancient Irish Airs''' (Dublin, 1810) [O'Sullivan]. There were no accidentals in Mulholland's setting (i.e. G mixolydian), and it was altered to the dorian mode by O'Sullivan.
+''Source for notated version'': John Mulholland's '''Collection of Ancient Irish Airs''' (Belfast, 1810) [O'Sullivan]. There were no accidentals in Mulholland's setting (i.e. G mixolydian), and it was altered to the dorian mode by O'Sullivan.
 <br>
 <br>