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Theme code Index
1H1H6 7b55
Also known as
Blossom of the Branches (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Mixolydian
Time signature
3/4
History
IRELAND(Munster)
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Hugh Shields
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Tunes of the Munster Pipers
Tune and/or Page number
No. 5, p. 6
Year of publication/Date of MS
1998
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
BLÁITH NA G-CRAOBH (The Blossom of the Branches). Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Moderate pace.
Source for notated version : the manuscript of James Goodman (1828-1896) an Anglican cleric, collector, and uilleann piper, Cork, 1861 [Shields].
Printed source: Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers ), 1998; No. 5, p. 6.