Battle of Clontaf (The)

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Theme code Index	1523 7555
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	P.W. Joyce
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
Tune and/or Page number	No. 501, p. 274
Year of publication/Date of MS	1909
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Score ()

X:1
T:The Battle of Clontarf
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:Gmix
c/A/|G/A/B/c/ dc/B/|ABc B/A/|fcdc|d/e/f/g/ dc/A/|
G/A/B/c/ dc/B/|ABc B/A/|fd/c/ AG|G3||a|gg/f/ dc|
fcdc|fcdc|d/e/f/g/ a/g/g|gg/f/ dc|fcdc|fd/c/ AG|G3||

BATTLE OF CLONTARF, THE. Irish, March (2/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Calling the clans to battle." "From a piper named Fogarty of Carrick-on-Suir. I find an identical setting of this in one of Mr. Pigot's books, which was copied from a MS. lent him by Mr. Denny Lane of Cork. Petrie has a version of this fine old march in his Ancient Music of Ireland (p. 31), with the name 'The Return From Fingal' (i.e. after the battle, Fingal being the district in which Clontarf is situated); but he does not state the source from which he procured it. The setting given here is somewhat simpler than Petrie's, and I think better and more characteristic. It has a fine martial swing, tinged with melancholy" (Joyce).

Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 501, pg. 274.

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