Classical Composer: | Grainger, Percy |
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Work: | Irish Tune from County Derry (version for wind ensemble) |
Year Composed: | 1902 |
Instrumentation: | wind ens |
Publisher: | Carl Fischer |
Duration: | 00:03:00 |
Period: | 20th Century |
Work Category: | Wind Ensemble/Band Music |
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This is one of Grainger's most performed pieces, based on what is probably the most famous of all Irish melodies. It was 'Lovingly and reverently dedicated to the memory of Edvard Grieg'. Grainger arranged and scored it for the military band in 1918. Like Molly on the Shore, the Irish Tune from County Derry was taken from the Complete Petrie Collection of the Music of Ireland edited by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Here, the melody has the remark 'Name unknown'. It was collected by Miss Jane Ross, of New Town, Limavady, County Derry, Ireland. Danny Boy is just one of many sets of words used with this melody.
Writer: Bjarte Engeset
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