George Seto asked:
Can anyone help this lady with her request?
I have been searching for the violin sheet music to a scottish reel
called The Gael
I have sent her a couple of ABC files, but I don't know whether it's
the right tune - neither of the tunes of that name in The Nineties
Sweetness of Mary is by Joan McDonald Boes of Cape Breton Island -
published in Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island by Ken Perlman (Mel Bay).
It was also published in Am Braighe (a Cape Breton Gaelic newspaper) about
two years ago.
It has in recent years become popular in English music
Jack Campin wrote:
...Robin Hall's 1958 EP Glasgow Street Songs Vol.1...
I've got a copy of that EP, I think - if I manage to locate
the relevant wires I could try to make a tape of it for you.
Thanks, Jack, but I have figured out that I've got all the tracks from
the EP on other LPs.
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mary umbarger wrote:
...I have looked for the music to The Sweetness of Mary which I
heard on a CD by Alsdair Fraser (Return to Kintail). It is really a
beautiful strathspey -at least that is what I think it is...
I'll send you an ABC file. I got my version from a television programme
many
mary umbarger wrote:
Dear Nigel,
Along this same thought: I have looked for the music to The Sweetness
of Mary which I heard on a CD by Alsdair Fraser (Return to Kintail). It is
really a beautiful strathspey -at least that is what I think it is. Anyway
it is really nice.
That's a
Thanks for the air.
CliffA
...I'll send you an ABC file. I got my version from
a
television programme...
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Nigel Gatherer wrote:
...Aly Bain playing with Jerry Holland...they played a set of three
tunes, an air which I don't know the name of
X:476
T:Untitled Air
S:Aly Bain (from a TV programme)
N:Bars 5-11 actually played an octave higher
Z:Nigel Gatherer
R:air
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:A
E | A2 A |
Thank you for this information. Our band, The Front Porch Strings, has
been playing this for several years. Someone heard it somewhere and
knew the name was My Lily. Now we have the rest of the story.
Front Porch Strings, cute name for a band :-) Certainly more clever
then the name of the
I was digging through Ashley MacIssac's website and found a link to this
book that was compiled by Charles Gore. How long has this book been out
for? How come Charlie (who is on this list) never mentioned it when it
first came out? Sounds like some good an unusual stuff in there.
--
Toby
