Bantry Hornpipe

Bantry Hornpipe Click on the tune title to see or modify Bantry Hornpipe's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Bantry Hornpipe Query the Archive
Theme code Index	3144 51H55
Also known as	Crannciuil Beantraige, Killarney Wonder (3)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1779, p. 332
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

<abc float="left"> X:1 T:The Bantry Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 937 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G dc|BAGB cBcA|dbge dedB|cecA (3Bcd BG|FGAG FDEG| BABG cBcA|dbge dedB|cedc (3BAG (3AGF|G2B2G2:| |:cB|AGAB cBce|dfge dcdB|cecA (3Bcd BG|FGAG FDEF| GFGA BGFD|GABG ABcA|dgfe (3ded (3cBA|G2B2G2:| |:Bc|dgBg dgBg|(3gfg bg fdef|gage dedc|(3BAG (3AGF GDB,D| Ggge dBGB|cBcd efge|dgfe (3ded (3cBA|G2B2G2:| |:dc|BGGF GDB,D|(3GFG BG ABcA|dcde fedc|(3ded cA d2 cA| BGGF GDB,D|(3GFG (3BAG ABcA|dgfe (3ded (3cBA|G2B2G2:|| </abc>

BANTRY HORNPIPE, THE (Crannciuil Beantraige). AKA and see "Killarney Wonder (3)." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Not the "Bantry Bay Hornpipe." The name Bantry is derived from the Gaelic ben, meaning 'horn' and refers to mountains. Thus Bantry is 'the peaks by the sea shore.'

Printed sources: O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 330, p. 163. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 217. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1779, p. 332. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 937, p. 160.

__NORICHEDITOR__