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Theme code Index
113b3b 553b3b
Also known as
Rí na Sideog , Bonny Charlie (1) , King William of Orange , Lonesome Wedding (The) , Your Old Wig is the Love of My Heart , Briton's Glory , Scollay's Reel
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Hornpipe/Clog, March/Marche, Set Dance
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Dorian
Time signature
2/2, 2/4
History
Structure
AAB, AABB, AABBCC
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
Tune and/or Page number
No. 1281, p. 322
Year of publication/Date of MS
1905
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
King of the Fairies (The): Annotations
X:1
T: King of the Fairies, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:Edor
|:B,|EDEF GFGA|B2B2 G3A|B2E2 EFGE |FGFE DE ((3FED)|
EDEF GFGA|BAGB d3=c|B2E2 GFED|E2 ED E3:|
B|e2e2 Bdef|gagf e3f|e2B2 BABc|dedc Bc d/c/B|
e2B2 Bdef|gagf efed|Bdeg fedf|e2 ed e3f |
g3e f3d|edBc d3e|dBAF GABc|dBAF GFED|
B,2E2 EFGA|B2e2 edef|e2B2 BAGF | E2 ED E3|]
X:2
T:Untitled Air
T:King of the Fairies
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Stanford/Petrie, Complete Collection, No. 1281, p. 322. (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Edor
E/^D/E/F/ G/F/G/A/|BB G>A|BE EG|F/G/F/E/ DB,|
E/^D/E/F/ G/F/G/A/|BB G>A|BE G/F/E/^D/E3E:|
|:ee B/^d/e/f/|g/a/g/f/ e2|eB B/A/B/^c/|d/e/d/^c/ B^d|
eB B/^d/e/f/|g/a/g/f/ ed|B/^d/e/g/ f/e/d/f/|e3 e/>f/|
g>e fd|eB/c/ d>e|d/B/A/F/ G/A/B/^c/|d/B/A/F/ G/F/E/D/|
B,E GA|Be e>f|eB B/A/G/F/|E3 E:||
King of the Fairies (The): Annotations
