Fair Woman (The)

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Theme code Index	151H7 1H765
Also known as	Ben bhán, It is not in thy power fair maid
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	6/8
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Edward Bunting
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland
Tune and/or Page number	No. 23, p. 12
Year of publication/Date of MS	1796
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Score (1)

Fair Woman (The): Annotations

X:1 T:Fair Woman, The T:Ben bhán M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Andante" B:Bunting - General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (1796, No. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D2F A2B|d2d (c2A)|d2d c2A|T(B3{AB}[E2A2]) (B/c/)| d2d cBA|A2 (G F2)(D|E2) (G F2)D|T[C3E3] D2 B/c/| d2d cBA|[D2A2] ([EG]F2) (D|E2)(G F2)(D|E3) D3||

X:1 T:Fair Woman, The M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:"Andante" R:Air B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 169, p. 86) H:Irish-born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb .B2.d (f2g)|b2b a2f|b2b a2f|T(g3 {fg}f2) (ga)| b2b (ag).f|.f2 (e d2).B|.c2 (e d2)B|T(c3 B2) (g/a/)| b2b (ag).f|f2 (e d2).B|.c2 (e d2)c|(B3 B2):|

X:1 T:It is not in thy power fair maid T:Fair Woman, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 147) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork in the mid-19th century B:Surenne - Songs of Ireland (1854, p. 65) [1] F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=150&z=828.3591%2C1001.7262%2C8915.7942%2C3101.8519 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D|D2F A2B|d2d c2A|d2d c2A|B3 A2D| D2F A2B|d2d c2A|d2d c2A|B3 A2|| B/c/|d2d cBA|A2G F2D|E2G F2D|E3 D2 B/c/| d2d cBA|A2G F2D|E2G F2D|E3 D2||

Fair Woman (The): Annotations