Hi all,
I'm looking for a tunebook but i would like to have in this book the stories of tunes and informations about tunes, composers, do you know if a such book exists ?
thanks
Nico
tunebook with stories
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Thanks for the link ! But i'm looking for a book with scores
Do you know these books : http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/CG_B ... _Ceol.html ??
Do you know these books : http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/CG_B ... _Ceol.html ??
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Many, many of the Fiddler's Companion entries include ABCs of the tunes, drawn from the Henrik Norbeck collection and other good transcription sources. It's also easy enough to mix and match for yourself.
http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/gatherer/sc ... index.html
Again, as nice as the CRÉ collection is at a cost of $100+, an alternative is to mix and match Breathnach's notes with your own favorite tune sources.
Yes, of course. CRÉ is a standard source, but the original notes are in Irish. Nigel Gatherer, Paul de Grae and others have kindly made English translations available online:Nicoharp wrote:Do you know these books : http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/CG_B ... _Ceol.html ??
http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/gatherer/sc ... index.html
Again, as nice as the CRÉ collection is at a cost of $100+, an alternative is to mix and match Breathnach's notes with your own favorite tune sources.
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I have all three volumes of Breathnach's Ceol Rinc na Eireann for sale; the price would be about half whatever they'd cost new.
However, MTGuru is correct; the text is in Irish. Translations can be found on the web.
However, MTGuru is correct; the text is in Irish. Translations can be found on the web.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Someone usually obligingly mentions this one, but it seems I'll have to do it myselfNicoharp wrote:Hi all,
I'm looking for a tunebook but i would like to have in this book the stories of tunes and informations about tunes, composers, do you know if a such book exists ?
More info: viewtopic.php?t=10549
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Re: tunebook with stories
You might like this collection too, produced by a couple of friends of mine from long ago: http://www.irishmusicreview.com/hiddenfermanagh2.htm
This isn't a tunebook, but it's nice little history of a local tradition, with an accompanying CD: http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/ardfert.htm
This isn't a tunebook, but it's nice little history of a local tradition, with an accompanying CD: http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/ardfert.htm
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I could also mention that the Ed Reavy ABC collection, compiled by Ed Reavy Jr., contains extensive notes on the origin and naming of the tunes.
http://www.reavy.us/Reavycom.abc
http://www.reavy.us/Reavycom.abc
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Re: tunebook with stories
The Ed Reavy book is available from Paul Cranford: http://www.cranfordpub.com/books/ed_reavy.htm
The abcs are nice, but a lot of them unfortunately are very poorly written, and don't match the book or just don't work when you convert them to sheet music. I also like having a hard copy for when the power or internet go out!
I know the book is available, as I just bought a copy this winter. All the notes included in the abcs are in the book and are taken from the three cassette recording of Joseph Reavy playing all his dad's tunes. They are the spoken introduction to the tunes. I don't know if the tapes are available from Paul or elsewhere... They are a must have though!
The abcs are nice, but a lot of them unfortunately are very poorly written, and don't match the book or just don't work when you convert them to sheet music. I also like having a hard copy for when the power or internet go out!
I know the book is available, as I just bought a copy this winter. All the notes included in the abcs are in the book and are taken from the three cassette recording of Joseph Reavy playing all his dad's tunes. They are the spoken introduction to the tunes. I don't know if the tapes are available from Paul or elsewhere... They are a must have though!