Annotation:Son of Prosperity (The)

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X:1 T:The Son of Prosperity R:hornpipe M:C| B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 293, no. 1581 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige L:1/8 K:Dmaj (AG)|FDFA dABG|(F<A) D2 D2 (AG)|FDFA dABG|(E<G) C2 C2 (AG)| FDFA dABG|(F<A) D2 D2 (AG)|FDAD (3EFG CE|F2 D2 D2:| |:(3ABc|dedc AGAB|cdcA d2 (3ABc|dedc AGEF|(E<G) C2 C2 (3ABc| dedc ABAG|FEFG ABAG|FDAD (3EFG CE|F2 D2 D2:|]


SON OF PROSPERITY, THE (An mac-rata). Irish, Hornpipe (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is not found in any collections predating O’Neill (1903). Paul de Grae suggests the ‘Scotch Snap’ (dotted couplets) suggests a Scottish origin for the tune.


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Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 170. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1581, p. 293.





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