McFarlane's Lament

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 Also known as    Caoine Mic Farlain, Cumha mhac Pharlain, Mac Farlane's Lamentation, MacFarlane's Lamentation, Shall the harp then be silent?
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Edward Bunting
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ancient Irish Music
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1809
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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McFarlane's Lament: Annotations


X:1
T:Cumha mhac Pharlain
T:Mac Farlane's Lamentation
M:3/4
L:1/16
R:Air
B:Walker - Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards, 2nd ed. (Dublin, 1818)
K:D
F2>E2|D4D4 A2>F2|E4 D2>F2 A2>F2|E4D4D4|D8 (3D2F2A2|
B4B4 d2>B2|A6 A2 B2>A2|F4B4 A2>F2|E8 D/E/F3|
E4D4 D/E/F3|E4D4 (3D2F2A2|B4B4 d2>B2|A8 B2>A2|
F4F4 A2>F2|E4D4 D/E/F3|E4D4D4|D8 z4||
X:1
T:McFarlane’s Lament
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs (1841, No. 60, p. 30)
H:Irish-born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
(e>d)|c4 {c}(g>e)|{e}(d2c) z(g>e)|{e}(d2c)z cz|c4 (3ce.g|
A2a2 {ba^ga}c'>a|.g3 .g (a>g)|(e2 a2)-gz/.e/|
L:1/16
.d8 (c3d/e/|d4)-c2 z2 (c3 d/e/)|{e}(d4 c2)z2 (e2g2)|.a4 a4 {ba^ga}(c'3a)|
g8 (a3g)|e4e4 (g3e)|{e}(d4c2)z2 (c3d/e/)|(d4c4).c4|.c8||
X:1
T:MacFarlane's Lament
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 1 
S:County Cork, mid-19th century, p. 185
F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=188&z=712.9773%2C647.3159%2C7374.2874%2C4466.6667
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
e>d|c4 {c}g>e|{e}d2c zg>e|{e}d2cz cz|c4 (3ceg|
a2 a2 ~c'>a|g2g (a>g)|(e2a2) gz/e/|d4 c>d/4e/4|
(d2c)z (c>d/2e/4)|{e}d2c z(eg)|a2a2 c'>a|g4 (a>g)|
e2e2 g>e|{e}(d2c)z cd/e/|(d2c2).c2|c4||
X:1
T:Macfarlane's Lamentation
T:Shall the harp then be silent?
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Adagio"
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859, No. 238, p. 116)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(F>E)|D2D2 (A>F)|(E2D2) (A>F)|{F}[C2E2] D2 [B,2D2]|[A,4D4] (3DFA|
B2B2 (d>B)|A2A2 (B>A)|F2B2 (A>F)|[C4E4] (DE/F/)|
{F}(E2D2) (DE/F/)|(E2D2) (FA)|B2B2 (d>B)|
[F4A4] (B>A)|F2F2 (A>F)|\
L:1/16
(E4D4) (D/E/F3)|(E4D4)D4|!fermata!D8||
X:2
T:McFarlane's Lament
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Mournful"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 521
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B>A | G4 d>B | A2 Gz d>B | A2 G2 G2 | G4 Bd | 
e2 e2 g>e | d4 e>d | B2 e2 d>B | A4 G>A/2B/4 | 
(A2G)z (G>A/B/4)|(A2 G)z (B>d) | e2 (ef) (g>e) | d4 (ed) | 
B2 B2 (d>B) | (A2 G)z (GA/B/) | A2 G2 G2 | G4 || 

McFarlane's Lament: Annotations