Battle of Argan More (The)

Battle of Argan More (The) Click on the tune title to see or modify Battle of Argan More (The)'s annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Battle of Argan More (The) Query the Archive
Theme code Index
Also known as	Argan Mór
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Donal O'Sullivan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Bunting Collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 155, p. 212
Year of publication/Date of MS	1983
Artist	Biography:Chieftains (The)
Title of recording	Celtic Harp (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	No. 155, pg. 212
Year recorded	1993
Media
Score ()

<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Argan Mór M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Edward Bunting R:Air K:D F4 F2>E2|F4 A2>F2|A8|A8|B4 B2>A2| BAF2 A2F2|D8|D8|D4 FFF2|A4 F2A2| F8|F8|E4 F2D2|B4 D2>E2|F8|F8|| </abc>

BATTLE OF ARGAN MORE, THE. AKA - "Argan Mor." Irish, March or Air (4/4 time). D Dorian (?). Standard tuning. One part. A pentatonic tune. The melody appears in Edward Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland, where it is described as an "Ossianic air", which he collected Murlough, Antrim, not far from the grave purported to be the bard Ossian's.

Source for notated version: the Irish collector Edward Bunting's MS notes indicate he was given the melody by "a Cushendall man in 1809, tenant to Dr. McDonnell."

Printed source: O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 155, pg. 212. \

Recorded source: RCA 09026-61490-2, The Chieftains - "The Celtic Harp" (1993).

__NORICHEDITOR__