Irish Music Mid Term

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TURLOUGH O’CAROLAN

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Born in 1670

Mrs.MacDermott Roe educated him along with her own children.

Became blind at the age of 18

Mrs. MacDermott Roe paid for his harp lessons where be became a famous composer and harpist

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Gaelic word ‘uille’

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Means Elbow

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Full set of Uilleann Pipes consist of.....

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chanter, bellows, bag, drones, and regulators.

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Famous Uilleann Pipers

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Leo Rowsome (1903-1970)

Johnny Doran (1907-1950)

Willie Clancy (1918-1973)

Seamus Ennis (1919-1982)

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Donegal fiddle style

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staccato,

have a tendency to lean into the bow producing a loud, harsh sound

imitate the sound of the Uilleann Pipes at times

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Sligo fiddle style

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more flowing and ornamented withgenerally slurred bowing and slightly accentuatedrhythms

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Famous Fiddlers

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Johnny Doherty (1895-1980)

Tommy Potts (1912-1988)

Junior Crehan (1908-1998)

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Tin whistle Irish name

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Feadóg

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Low Whistle Irish Name

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Feadóg mor

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Traditional key of the tin whistle

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D, with a standard two octave range

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Famous Tin Whistle Players

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Paddy Moloney, Vinnie Kilduff, Liam O’Flynn, Mary Bergin, and John Sheahan.

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Famous Low Whistle Players

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Finbar Furey andhis brother, Eddie Furey; Davy Spillane; and James McNally

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Famous Traditional Flute Players

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Michael Tubridy,Seamus Tansey, Frankie Gavin, Emer Maycock, Tom Doorleyand Niall Keegan.

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What are the Brehon Laws?

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Early Irish laws that governed Ireland in around 800 CE.

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When did the Anglo-Normans invade Ireland?

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1169

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Battle of Kinsale 1601 for Harpers.

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The final ‘death blow’ for the old Gaelic Order, following which harpers and pipers were persecuted.

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Who was Johnathan Swift?

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Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Wrote political pamphlets criticizing England's treatment of the Irish - including the Drapier Letters.

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Who wrote the Messiah?

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GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL

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Edward Bunting

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At nineteen he was the first person to transcribe music from oral-tradition harpists at the Belfast Harp Festival in1792

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George Petrie

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He loved Irish music and collected it from an early age

This is where his original collection of melodies existed containing about 200 melodies “The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland”

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Patrick Joyce

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He was one of the greatest collectors of traditional music andsong, publishing such valuable collections as ancient Irishmusic and Old Irish Folk music and songs

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Francis O’Neill

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In 1873 he moved to Chicago IL and became the chief of Police.

He recruited Traditional IrishMusicians into the police force and collected tunes from any available sources

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Thomas Moore

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Went to Trinity to become a lawyer, then decided he liked revising laws rather than creating them.

Began to get into satirical political writing.

Wrote the Irish Melodies