Annotation:Grace Nugent
Tune properties and standard notation
GRACE NUGENT. Irish, Air or Planxty. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. One of the early compositions of O'Carolan from the period he was residing with one of his first patrons, George Reynolds Esq., of Letterfyan. The year was 1693, O'Carolan was age 23, and Grace was the first cousin of Squire Reynolds. It was published in Daniel Wright's Arva di Camera, London, 1727. Later in the century the Scottish poet Robert Burns used the tune for his song "Louis, what reck I by Thee?" The Belfast Northern Star of July 15th, 1792, recorded that the tune was played by one of ten harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 110, p. 81. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 110, p. 221.
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