The Dirge of Ossian - as sung in the Glens of Derry
TYPE | 2 - Simple Melody |
TUNE STRUCTURE | A16 B16 |
TIME SIGNATURE | C |
KEY SIGNATURE | ♭ |
TONAL CENTRE | D |
INCIPIT | GFDDCAGFDCDD |
GENRE | Ossianic Lay |
TEXT SOURCE | Joseph Ritson, A Select Collection of English Songs in Three Volumes (London: J. Johnson, 1783), II |
TUNE SOURCE | Charles Villiers Stanford ed., The Complete Collection of Irish Music as Noted by George Petrie L.L.D., R.H.A. (1789-1866) (London and New York: Boosey, 1903) p.259, no.1018 |
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