Description
From the arranger:
“The Gaelic Harp contains 23 airs, laments and lullabies from various Celtic and Gaelic traditions including Scotland, Wales, Irish and various other Gaelic countries and traditions. Among them are popular fiddle tunes, tin whistle tunes and contra dance tunes including Skye Boat Song and Dark Isle. The arrangements are appropriate for a large lever harp with 2 octaves below middle C and tuned to Eb or C. Songs in two tunings are noted with an * in Contents. The songs are very accessible and appropriate for mid-beginner to intermediate players with limited or easy lever changes.”
Table of Contents
- Skye Boat Song [Air]*
- Highland Cathedral*
- Dark Isle [Pipe Lament]*
- Fingal’s Cave*
- The Parting Glass [Air]*
- MacPherson’s Lament (1700) [Sky Air]*
- Summer River (Aron Yr Haf) [Slow Air]
- Suo Gan [Welsh Lullaby]*
- Hush! The Waves are Rolling In [Old Gaelic Lullaby]
- Mist-covered Mountains of Home [Slow Air, Gaelic]
- My Cape Breton Home [Nova Scotia]*
- Basque Air [Celtic Iberian]*
- An Emigrant’s Daughter
- Far Away [Fiddle Tune, Waltz]*
- Amelia [Contra Dance Tune]*
- Ashokan Farewell
- Cliffs of Dooneen [Slow Air]*
- The Poor Irish Boy [Air]*
- The Banks of the Suir [Air]*
- Feilim’s Boat (Baidin Fheilimi)
- The Green Bushes [Air]*
- The Flying Monaghan (An Fhaillingin Mhuimhnach) [Air]*
- The Castle of Dromore
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