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5521 1111
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number
No. 498, p. 87
Year of publication/Date of MS
1903
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T:Killarney
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 1, No. 65)
N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally
N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark,
N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim.
K:G
d2- d>B A2 (3GED|G2 G2 {A}G4|d2- d>c B2 (3ABc|e2 A {B}A4|
d2- d>BA2 (3GED|G2G2 G4|B3c dG2-c|B<A G/ G2 z2||
G2- G>G A2E2|G2G2 B,d3|B3 B (dc)(BA)|(GE)(EG) !fermata!A4|
e2A2d2G2|c2F2 B2Gz|F3G A2 (3Bcd|F2 {F}E>D !fermata!D4||
G3E D2E2|G2G2A4|c2- c>c B2A2|(dB){A}(AG) E4|
G3E D2E2|(G2 (3GBd) !fermata!e4|G3A B/!fermata!g3B/|A4 G2z2||
Sheet Music for "Killarney" Killarney Air 3 3 3 3 3 Book: Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 1, No. 65) Notes: Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim.
X:1
T:Killarney
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:"Slow"
R:Air
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 498
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
d3B A2 (3GED | G2G2 G3z | d3 {e/d/}c B2 (3ABd | e2A2 A3z |
d3B A2 (3GED |G2G2 G3z | B3c d2 Gc | B2A2 G3z ||
G2G2A2E2 | G2G2 Bd3 | B2 Bc dBAG | GEEG A3z |
e2A2d2G2 | c2F2B2G2 | F3G A2 (3Bcd | F2E2D4 |
G3E D2DE | G2G2A3z | c3c B2A2 |dBAG E4 |
E3 _E D3E | G2 (3GBd e4 | G3A B g2 B | A4 G3z ||
Sheet Music for "Killarney" Killarney Air Slow 3 3 3 3 3 Source: O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 498 Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:1
T:Killarney. Sand Jig
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Schottische
B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs,
B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 289, p. 59)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
B>e e(e/f/)|g/e/f/^d/ e2|c>A B>G|AG F/^D/B,|B>e e(e/f/)|g/e/f/^d/ e2|c>A B(A/G/)||
"Killarney"d>B A(3G/E/D/|GG G2|d/e/d/c/ B/c/^c/d/|eA A/B/c/^c/|d>B A(3G/F/E/|GG G2 |B/d/g/e/ d/D/G/A/|
G>G A/EE/ |GG B<d|B>B (d/c/)B/A/|G/EG/ A2|eA dG|cF (BG)|F>G A(B/^c/)|
G>E DE|G/GG/ A2|c>c BA |(d/B/)A/G/ E2|G>E DE|G(3G/B/d/ e2 G>A B/-gB/|A2G2 ||
Sheet Music for "Killarney. Sand Jig" Killarney. Sand Jig Schottische Killarney 3 3 3 Book: A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 289, p. 59) Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
