Petrie's Complete Irish Music: 1,582 Traditional Melodies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486430805)

Edward Bunting fell into his destiny when, at the age of 19, he was commissioned to write down the tunes performed at a gathering of traditional harp players in Belfast in July 1792. This assignment marked the beginning of a 100-year process of enormous importance: the preservation of a country's music, which otherwise might be lost forever. In time, Bunting passed the torch to apprentice George Petrie who, in turn, became instrumental in founding the Society for the Preservation and Publication of the Melodies of Ireland, which published Petrie's first collection in 1855. Petrie's daughter subsequently entrusted the much-honored Sir Charles Stanford with three bound volumes of her father's work, leading to the ultimate compilation, published in 1905, of 1,582 traditional melodies -- the musical wealth of a nation.

Author: George Petrie
ISBN-10: 0486430804
ISBN-13: 9780486430805
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2012
Pages: 397
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.23lbs
Size: 10.88h x 8.42w x 0.94d