Turlough O'Carolan
Born: 1670, Nobber, Ireland
Died: 25th March 1738, Roscommon, Ireland
Nationality: Irish
Turlough O'Carolan was a blind Celtic harper, composer and singer in Ireland whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition.
Although not a composer in the classical sense, Carolan is considered by some to be Ireland's national composer. Harpers in the old Irish tradition were still living as late as 1792, and ten, including Arthur O'Neill, Patrick Quin and Donnchadh Ó hÁmsaigh, attended the Belfast Harp Festival. Ó hÁmsaigh played some of Carolan's music, but disliked it for being too modern. Some of Carolan's own compositions show influences of the style of continental classical music, whereas others such as Farewell to Music reflect a much older style of "Gaelic Harping".
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- Abigail Judge (1)
- Air (2)
- Blind Mary (7)
- Bridget Cruise (2)
- Bumper Squire Jones (1)
- Carolan's Concerto (8)
- Carolan's Cup (1)
- Carolan's Devotion (1)
- Carolan's Draught (2)
- Carolan's Dream (5)
- Carolan's Farewell to Music (6)
- Carolan's Favorite Jig (2)
- Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady (4)
- Carolan's Ramble to Cashel (2)
- Carolan's Receipt for Drinking (1)
- Carolan's Welcome (3)
- Daniel Kelly (3)
- Draggletail Gypsies (1)
- Edward Corcoran (2)
- Eleanor Plunkett (3)
- Fanny Dillon (1)
- Fanny Power (5)
- Fanny Power (arr. T C Kelly) (2)
- George Brabazon (2)
- Hugh O'Donnel (2)
- John O'Connor (3)
- Lament for Owen O'Neill (1)
- Loftus Jones (3)
- Lord Galway's Lamentation (2)
- Mabel Kelly (4)
- Madam Cole (2)
- Mary O'Neill or Carolan's Favourite Jig (1)
- Miss Noble (2)
- Morgan Magan (2)
- Mrs. Judge (1)
- Nanny McDermotroe (1)
- Planxty Burke (2)
- Planxty Connor (2)
- Planxty Irwin (2)
- Planxty O'Carolan (1)
- Robert Jordan (1)
- Separation of the Body and Soul (1)
- Sheebeg Sheemore (6)
- Sí bheag, sí mhór (2)
- Sir Uillioc de Búrca (2)
- Squire Wood's Lamentation (1)
- The Fairy Queen (1)
- The Seas Are Deep (2)
- The Twisting of the Rope (1)
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