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  • Genre:music
  • Sub-genre:Genres & Styles / Classical
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:The Irish Songs of Hamilton Harty
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:108
  • Paperback ISBN:9781098391249

The Irish Songs of Hamilton Harty, Vol. 1

By Jane Harty

Overview

Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) was a prolific art-song and orchestral composer as well as a world-renowned conductor. This volume includes some of his best-known and most critically acclaimed songs. It's an essential purchase for high and low voices. The book also includes some alternate keys and offers great variety for advanced pianists. This is a must-purchase for musicians interested celebrating such a prominent figure in Irish music.
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Description

Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) was a prolific art-song and orchestral composer as well as a world-renowned conductor. This volume includes some of his best-known and most critically acclaimed songs. It's an essential purchase for high and low voices. The book also includes some alternate keys and offers great variety for advanced pianists. This is a must-purchase for musicians interested celebrating such a prominent figure in Irish music. This volume includes his best-known song, "Sea Wrack," as well as "The Rachray Man," known for its wit and Irish brogue. Two of his most critically acclaimed songs, the mystical "By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame," with text by Whitman; and the wild "A Drover," with text by Colum, are among the many gems in this volume. Contents also include "Bonfires" and "Rose Madness," florid Romantic songs on texts by W.L. Bultitaft; the charming "Lane o' the Thrushes" and "Scythe Song;" and his first song cycle, "Five Irish Sketches," all with texts by Irish poets.
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About The Author

Jane Harty, D.M.A., is the grandniece of Sir Hamilton Harty, who was called "the Irish Toscanini". She is a pianist and specialist in his songs and has performed them internationally in collaboration with outstanding singers. Dr. Harty has edited the first collected edition of these wonderful Irish songs, most of which were out of print until the creation of this new edition.
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Gorgeous Harty Art Song Collection Finally an authoritative collection of Romantic Irish art songs by Sir Hamilton Harty! Long hidden in archives, this newly curated edition by his grand-niece, pianist and scholar Jane Harty, presents absolute gems based on the works of a tantalizing variety of Irish poets, many of them women. Harty's settings, powerfully capture delight in fairies, fiddlers and fishermen, the beauty of the Irish countryside and village life, the deep love and rueful humor of Irish women, and the depth of struggle and loss of Irish men. The impeccably detailed volume, beautifully rendered for singers and pianists, challenges the imagination, leaving us hoping for more.....This elegant collection also includes the texts separately for those who simply love Irish poetry. - Diane L. Winder, Prof. of Music and School Dir., Eastern Michigan University (Emerita) Read more