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Thread #26223   Message #1363747
Posted By: masato sakurai
23-Dec-04 - 12:08 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Deck the Halls / Cymraeg Nos Galan
Subject: RE: Lyric Req: DeckHalls Cymraeg Nos Galan
Below are related tunes from Aloys Fleischmann, ed., Sources of Irish Traditional Music c. 1600-1855, 2 vols. (Garland, 1998). All are without lyrics. Edward Jones' version (1784) is not included.

X:1
T:Nôs Galan [New Yea's Eve] %written Calan (probably a typo)
M:C
L:1/8
S:John Parry, British Harmony, London, 1781, p. 7
N:Fleischmann no. 2052
K:G
d3 c B2 A2|G2 A2 B2 G2|ABcd c2 BA|G2 ~F2 G4:||:
A2 B2 c2 A2|B2 c2 d2 A2|Bc d2 cd e2|=f2 e2 d4|
d3 c B2 A2|G2 A2 B2 G2|ABcd c2 BA|G2 ~F2 G4:|

X:2
T:Nos Galan
M:C
L:1/8
S:Edward Light, Introduction to Playing the Harp-lute & Apollo-lyre, London, c. 1785, p. 25c
N:Fleischmann no. 2146
K:F
c'3 b a2 g2|f2 g2 a2 f2|gabg a3 g|f2 e2 f4|
c'3 b a2 g2|f2 g2 a2 f2|gabg a3 g|f2 e2 f4|
g3 a b2 g2|a3 b c'2 g2|a=b c'2 d'e'f'd'|c'2 d'2 {c'/d'/}c'4|
c'3 b a2 g2|f2 g2 a2 f2|gabg a3 g|f2 e2 f4|]

X:3
T:A Piper O'er the Meadows Straying [Irish]
M:C
L:1/8
S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, London, 1804-16, vol. III, p. 24b
N:Fleischmann no. 4134
K:G
B/c/|d3 c B2 A2|G2 G2 B2 G2|ABcA G3 F|G2 B2 B3 A|
d2 c2 B3 A|G2 G2 B3 G|ABcA G3 F|[1 G2 B2 G3:|[2 G2 B2 G3 z]|: %rest inserted the second time
A3 B c3 A|BABc d2 A2|B/c/ d3 e/f/ g3|f2 e2 d3 B/c/|
dedc BcBA|G2 G2 B3 G|AecA G3 F|G2 B2 G4:|]

X:4
T:A Piper On the Meadows Straying
T:[An admired duett in the opera od ZORINSKI]
M:C
L:1/8
S:Hime's Pocket Book for the German Flute or Violin, vol. IV, c. 1810, p. 38
N:Fleischmann no. 5251
K:G
G|d3 c B3 A|G2 G3/2A/ B2 G2|AB cA G2 F2|G2 GA/B/ B2 A2|
d3 c B3 A|G2 G3/2A/ B2 G2|AB cA G2 F2|G2 B2 G2 z2|
A3 B c2 A2|B3 c d2 A2|B^c d2 ef gz/g/|f2 e2 d2 zd|
d3 c B3 A|G2 G3/2A/ B2 G2| Ae cA G2 F2|G2 B2 G2z2|]