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Thread #1082 Message #2293256
Posted By: Jim Dixon
19-Mar-08 - 11:22 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Lament for the Lost Harp-Key
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Lament for the Lost Harp-Key
Charles Guard's album "Avenging & Bright" (Shanachie, 1991) has a tune called CRAOBH NAN TEUD (LAMENT FOR THE LOST HARP-KEY).
Alison Kinnaird's album "The Harp Key" (Temple Music, 1978, reissued 1996) has a tune called CUMHA CRANN NAN TEUD (THE LAMENT FOR THE HARP KEY).
Authorship is credited to Rory Dall O'Cahan, "Blind Rory", an Irish harpist of the 17th century.
I can't explain the difference in the titles, since I don't know a word of Gaelic, either Irish or Scots.