Battle of Aughrim (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	1111 1111
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Joseph Walker
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1786
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Year recorded
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Score ()

X:1
T:The Battle of Aughrim [2]
M:2/4
L:1/16
S:Walker's Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards, London 1786
Z:Paul Kinder
R:March
K:Ador
"Moderato"ABAG ABAE|ABAG ABAE|ABAG ABAE|ABAG ABAE|!
(3AGA (3AGA (3AGA A>E|(3AGA (3AGA (3AGA A>E|
(3AGA (3AGA (3AGA A>E|{CDEGA}B3c d3e|!
d2e2 d2f2|d2e2 d2f2|d2e2 d2e2|d8|!
cBAG E4|ABAG ABAE|ABAG ABAE|ABAG A3E|!
(3AGA (3AGA (3AGA A>E|(3AGA (3AGA (3AGA A>E|!
GABc d3e|d2e2 d2f2|d2e2 d4|BAGF E4||

BATTLE OF AUGHRIM [2], THE. Irish, March (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. O'Neill (1922) says: "To the musical antiquary war cries and battle pieces may not be without interest. To the modern ear they possess but little attraction; yet when Martin O'Reilly, the blind piper from Galway, at the Dublin feis in 1901 played a descriptive selection entitled "The Battle of Aughrim 1691" in which the blare of trumpets, battle onslaught, and wailing of the women were imitated, his performance was rapturously applauded." The piece is loosely characterized as a march, although it is more of a free-form piece, having also characteristics of an air.

Source for notated version: copied from Joseph Walker's Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (London, 1786) [O'Neill].

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1845, p. 347. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

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