Last Rose of Summer (The)

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X:1 T:Last Rose of Summer, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Andante Affetuoso" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1858, No. 187, p. 84) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb E>F|G2e2 (c>B) |(BG3) (E>F)|G2 (AG) {G}(F>E)|[G,4G4] (E>F)| G2e2 {d}(c>B)|(BG3) (E>F)|G2 (AG) {G}F>E|[G,4E4]|| (B>G)|e2 (e>d) {d}c>B|(B2G2) (B>G)|e2 (e/d/c/=B/)|c2 {=Bcd}!fermata!e2 (E>F)| G2e2 {d}(c>B)|(BG3) (E>F)|G2 (AG) {G}(F>E)|[G,4E4]||

X:1 T:Last Rose of Summer M:C L:1/8 S:Isaac Homan manuscript (mid-19th century, Bellport, S:Long Island, NY, Book 2, p. 12) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A AB|c4 !fermata!a2 gf|ec4z AB|c4 !fermata!d2 cB|A6:| ec|a6 gf |e c4 zec|a4 .a.g.f.e|{g}f4 f>^ef>g|!fermata!a6 AB| c2!fermata!a2 b>ag>f|e c4 z AB|(cBdc edfe)|g4 fedc|B^ABc dcBA|GF E2 G4||

X:1 T:Last Rose of Summer, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F (F>G) | A2f2 (d>c) | c A3 F>G | A2 BA {A}G>F | F4 :| c>A | (f2 f>)e {e}d>c | (c2A2) (c>A) | f2 (fed^c) | d2 {^c/d/e/}f2!D.C.! ||

X:1 T:Last Rose of Summer, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Ballyvicmaha, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 9. Carolan ms. 1, No. 22 K:G G/A/|B2g2 fe|dB3 GA|B2d2 cB|1 A>G G3:|2 A>G G3B|| d2B2g2|fe (d<B) GB|d2B2g2|((3fe^d) e>f !fermata!g G/A/| B2g2 fe|dB3 GA|B2d2 cB|A>G G3||

X:1 T:Last Rose of Summer, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 88. Carolan ms. 1, No. 272 K:E (E>F)|G2e2 {d}(dB)|B2G2 (EF)|G2 (AG) {A}(FE)|E4 (E>F)|G2e2 {d}(cB)| B2G2 (E>F) |G2 (AG) {G}(FE)|E4 (B>G)|e2 (e>d) {d}(cB)|B2G2 (B>G)| e2 (ed) (c^B)|(c2{^Bcd}e2) (E>F)|G2e2 {d}(cB)|B2G2 (E>F)|G2 (AG) (FE)|E4||

X:1 T:Last Rose of Summer, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Con espressione" B:Batt Scanlon – The Violin Made Easy and Attractive (San B:Francisco, 1923, p. 24) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G (G>A)|(B2 "4"g>"3"f)("2"e"1"d)|("1"dB2) z (G>A)|(B"1"d2B) (A>G)|G4 (G>A)| (B2 "4"g>"3"f) ("2"e"1"d)|("1"dB3) (G>A)|(B{d}c2B) (A>G)|G4|| |:(d>B)|("4"g3"3"f) ("2"e"1"d)|("1"dB2) z (dB)|(g3f) e^d|(e{fe=d}e/f/) !fermata!g2 (G>A)| (B2 "4"g>"3"f)("2"e"1"d)|("1"dB3) (G>A)|(B{d}c2B) (A>G)|G4:| (G>A)|(B2 "2"b>"1"a)(ge)|(dB3) (G>A)|(B"1"d2B) (A>G)|G4||