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Thread #69073   Message #3798181
Posted By: GUEST,keberoxu
28-Jun-16 - 07:12 PM
Thread Name: Maire Ni Scolai (1909 - 1985) traditional singer
Subject: RE: Maire Ni Scolai (1909 - 1985) traditional singer
It has been edifying to research the career of this mezzo-soprano and to discover that the vinyl LP of her singing, released when she was still alive (1971), is incomplete in a sense. Not all of her recordings are there. With twelve songs on one side, and nine on another, it is possible that the long-playing disc was filled to capacity. In fact there are several Gaelic titles, and two in English, recorded by Máire Ní Scolaí which were omitted from the Gael-Linn anthology that bears her name.

Perhaps at some future date, now that compact-disc sound recordings exist and there are now digital forms of archiving music, a project will be undertaken to complete and reunite every song she recorded in the studios.

As Reg Hall's book revealed, she recorded a single with "My Bonny Irish Boy" on one side and "Aghadoe" by Todhunter on the other, the only English-language songs that my searches have uncovered in her repertoire.

Then there are:
Mo Chaillachean Fionn
Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor
Ag Raibh Tu Ar An gCarraigh
Luibin O Lu
Dun do Shuile

and it is possible that this list is also incomplete.