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24 Jan 21 - 05:50 AM (#4089668) Subject: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: GUEST,Anonymous I would like help identifying the ballad at 1:26:00 in this video. It is a bit soft and you might need to wear headphones to even hear it. It is a woman's singing and it sounds possibly Gaelic. To me it sounds something like "Oh Marie Oh Ohhhh" or something similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6HPXe-8APA |
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24 Jan 21 - 06:53 AM (#4089673) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: Jack Campin Seems to be a lullaby rather than a ballad, and I can't get any more of it than you did. Perhaps a book on Pasolini's work would have some clues? |
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24 Jan 21 - 09:04 AM (#4089687) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: GUEST,RA It's certainly Scottish Gaelic. I don't immediately recognise the song but the singer sounds a bit like a young Flora MacNeil. I think there might be a whole Mudcat thread about the music in this Pasolini film... |
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24 Jan 21 - 09:27 AM (#4089693) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: GUEST,# https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=137323 I think that's the thread GUEST,RA is referring to. |
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24 Jan 21 - 11:24 AM (#4089710) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: GUEST,Anonymous Hey Guest, RA, thanks for mentioning Flora McNeil. I found it! Ailein Duinn! Flora McNeil - Ailein Duinn |
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24 Jan 21 - 11:24 AM (#4089711) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: GUEST Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYQKXUgTkrI |
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24 Jan 21 - 11:35 AM (#4089713) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: GUEST,Anonymous Also as an aside, I like that the song is about a man named Alan and the character from the Reeve's Tale is Alan. That Alan ends up sleeping with the miller's daughter Molly. The song fits. lol |
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24 Jan 21 - 02:46 PM (#4089735) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Gaelic ballad identification in film From: GUEST,RA My own favourite bit of this film is when we see Chaucer interrupted in his study. There's a pile of books beside his desk. Boccaccio's 'Decameron' is at the top of the pile. Chaucer, realising he's being observed, quickly shuffles it to the bottom of the pile, out of sight... |