Bean Dubh a' Ghleanna (1) (An)

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Theme code Index	5L25L 35L6
Also known as	Dark Woman of the Glen (The), Maiden (The), Moll Dubh a' Gleanna, Dark Maiden of the Valley (The)
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	3/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 6, p. 2
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist	Biography:Joe Burke
Title of recording	Tailor's Choice (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet SIF 1045
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

X:2
T:Bean Dubh an Ghleanna [1]
T:Dark Woman of the Glen
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:70
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 6
R:Air
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GE|D2 EF DE/4F/4G/4A/4|BGE D/4E/4F/4G/4A/4B/4c/4d/4 e>f|g2 fg/a/ g>e|
(3fed (3edB (3dBA|B>G/2B/4 A2 B/4c/4B/4c/4B/4c/4B/>A/|G/4F/4E/4F/4G/>A/ G4|
d>B A/B/c/d/ e>f|g2 f/e/d/e/ f(3e/f/g/|a2 bg f2|e>d d2g2|a/4g/4f/4g/4 e/4f/4e/4d/4 B/4A/4B/4d/4 e/4d/4e/4f/4 g/4f/4g/4a/4 b/4a/4g/4f/4|
g2 fg/a/ g>e|(3fed (3edB (3dBA|B2 (3GBA G2|G/4E/4D/4E/4F/4G/4A/4B/4 c/d/e/f g>a|
g2 fg/a/ g>e|(3fed (3edB (3dBA|B2 (3GED (3EGB|A4B/4c/4B/4c/4B/4c/4B>A|G/4F/4E/4F/4G/>A/|G4||

BEAN DUBH AN GHLEANNA [1], AN. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). Ireland, Connemara. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The Irish is pronounced 'Ban dhuv an glanna'. It is one of the great love songs and airs in the Irish repertoire and has been identified as a Connemara melody, a variant of "Seamas Og Pluincead" (Young James Plunkett). "Maiden (The)" and "Dark Maiden of the Valley (The)" are simpler forms of the tune. O'Neill's tune version is also known as "Death of Staker Wallace (1) (The)," also published by Roche in 1912.

Source for notated version: fiddler "Daniel Sullivan of Boston, a native of Millstreet, County Cork," via 'the celebrated Irish piper' Patrick Touhey [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 96, p. 82. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 6, p. 2.

Recorded sources: CCE Néillidh Mulligan - "The Leitrim Thrush" (learned from Seamus Ennis). Green Linnet SIF 1045, Joe Burke - "The Tailor's Choice."

X:1 T:Bean Dubh an Ghleanna T:Dark Woman of the Glen M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:70 S:Seamus Ennis R:Air Z:Paul Kinder K:G D|G>AB>c d>>B G3 B/2d/2|g4 a/2g/2e/2f/2 d3 c/2A/2 B4|! G3 A/2B/2 cB A4 A/2G/2F/2A/2 G6:|(3def g4 (3feg a4|! (3bba g4 (3aag f/2 d2 c/2A/2 B4|G3 B/2d/2 g4 (3efg a4|! bc' b2 a2 g4|(3aag f/2 d2 c/2A/2 B>cAF G4|! (3ABd|g4 a/2g/2e/2f/2 d4 c/2A/2 B4|! G4 A/2B/2 cB A4|A/2G/2F/2A/2|G6||!

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