Banks of the Shannon (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	5L6L1 332
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/8
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:P.H. Hughes
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Gems from the Emerald Isle
Tune and/or Page number	No. 33, p. 9
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1860's
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Score ()

X:1
T:The Banks of the Shannon [1]
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 310
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G/E/|DE G/A/|BB A/G/|E/F/ GG|AG E/D/|E/F/ GA|Bg (3f/e/d|e2 d/e/|d2||
d/e/|gg e/d/|eg e/d/|eB A/G/|G/E/ D (3G/B/d/|e2 d/c/|{c}B/A/ B A/G/|EB A/>G/|G2||

X:1
T:Banks of the Shannon [1]
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Amoroso"
B:P.H. Hughes -- Gems from the Emerald Isle (London, c. 1860?, No. 33, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G/E/|DEG/A/|BB/A/G|E/>F/ GG|AG/E/D|E/F/GA|Bg (3f/e/d/|e3 d/>e/|[F2e2]||
|:d/e/|g2g2 e/d/|ege/d/|eBA/G/|G/E/D (3G/B/d/|e2 d/c/|{c}B/A/B A/G/|EB A/>G/|G2:|]

BANKS OF THE SHANNON [1], THE. Irish, Slow Air (3/8 time). G Major (O'Neill): A Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): ABB (Stanford/Petrie). O'Neill's version is apparently taken from Edward Bunting's collection.

Sources for notated versions: "From Father Walsh" [Stanford/Petrie]; Michael O'Brien [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isle), c. 1860?; No. 33, p. 9. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 310, p. 54. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 805, p. 201.

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