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14 Apr 05 - 05:22 PM (#1461468) Subject: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: GUEST,gcotton@shcdirect.com My mother (who recently died at age 95) sang Yeats' poem "Lake Isle of Innisfree" to a melody she may have learned either around 1925, or possibly earlier from her own mother. I have searched and uncovered only some melodies for Lake Isle of Innisfree that are much more recent. The one I am seeking went something like this: I [C] will [C] a- [D] rise [E] and [D] go [C] now [E], and [D] go [C] to [A] In- [A] -nis- [E] -free [D] [...I am entering this without the benefit of knowing how notation like this is customarily done while typing, and also without being sure the intervals I am trying to represent are exactly correct. (I am trying to hum and type.) I think the end of the second line is about an octave below the start of the first line.] I am interested in knowing if anyone else has ever heard "Lake Isle of Innisfree" set to a melody something like this, and if so, where it was learned and when. My mother and grandmother, while not Irish, were great admirers of the Irish tenors who were popular in the 1920s and it might have been recorded around then and learned from a record. Thanks! from Gail |
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14 Apr 05 - 05:57 PM (#1461507) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: Willa I have sung this and am annoyed to find that I've got the words but not the tune. It's a while since i sang it and to the best of my recollection the tune is |
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14 Apr 05 - 06:07 PM (#1461513) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: Willa Sorry about the interuption! D D/ D/ E F |E C2 C| B, B, C D |C3 C/ C/|D2 E F | E C2 C| B, B, C D| C3 A|A F G A | G E2 E | F F/ F/ G F |E3 A, |D/D/D3| D E/F/G C|D4 (Notes shown ar from middle C to A above. A, and B, imply notes below middle C Numbers refer to note lengths and B for example is a half note) This is a rough and ready version; someone will probably post a better version. Hope it helps! |
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14 Apr 05 - 06:09 PM (#1461514) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: Willa I've just remembered that the B should be B flat (below middle C) |
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14 Apr 05 - 11:51 PM (#1461785) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: Peace Refresh |
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15 Apr 05 - 12:44 AM (#1461806) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: GUEST,Gail I should have put this originally under the subject Origins, rather than Tune Req, I guess. I shall try to be even more specific. What I am asking about is a tune (an OLD tune dating to at least 1925, not one of many newer settings) to the William Butler Yeats poem "Lake Isle of Innisfree." (This is what Willa so kindly and correctly responded to.) This is not a similarly named song "Isle of Innisfree" that keeps popping up in all my searches; this song is unrelated. (I had previously read the entire thread in this forum concerning Isle of Innisfree, which took over an hour, and yielded no information on my specific quest.) The well-known and frequently published Yeats poem is in three stanzas, beginning, "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree and a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made..." I was hoping for information on not only the melody but the origin of this specific tune as applied to this poem. Where might someone have heard and learned this tune in the early part of the 20th century? Was the melody used for something else prior to its being used for the Yeats poem? Thank you, Gail |
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15 Apr 05 - 02:02 AM (#1461831) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: Peace http://www.mudcat.org/midi/midifiles/innisfre.mid |
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15 Apr 05 - 02:06 AM (#1461833) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: Peace http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Nv3prdGu9oQJ:www.musicoutfitter.com/store/item/727044711623/deepwithinafaerieforest.html+Isle |
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16 Apr 05 - 12:55 AM (#1462739) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: GCOTTON Thanks, Brucie. I had found that clip before, and while it is very nice it is a different melody (for the same poem) that apparently dates to the 1990's. The one I am seeking information about is about 70 years older. Thanks again. |
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17 Apr 05 - 01:16 AM (#1463326) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: GCOTTON . |
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22 Apr 05 - 07:32 PM (#1468453) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: GCOTTON refresh |
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14 Nov 11 - 12:24 AM (#3256569) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Melody Yeats 'Lake Isle of Innisfree From: Jim Dixon WorldCat.org shows that lots of people have set Yeats' poem to music: Evelyn A. Sharp, 19--? Oswald Forrest, 1903 Graham Peel, 1910 Liza Lehmann, 1911 John Palmer, 1915 Angus Morrison, 1917 Sheena Tennant, 1917 Robert Ralph, 1920 Arthur Foote, 1921 George Whitaker, 1922 Gladys Yang, 1923 Elizabeth Poston, 1926 Robin Orr, 1927 Granville Bantock, 1928 Muriel Herbert, 1928 F. A. Halliday, 1943? Henry George Ley, 1950 Mary Howe, 1959 John W. Downey, 1963 Rudolph T. Werther, 1966 Susan Elizabeth Owens, 1981 Richard Faith, 1995-2001 Linda Phillips, 1999 Elsie & Amy Stephen, 2001 Eleanor Daley, 2002 Ben Moore, 2006 |
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14 Nov 11 - 01:14 AM (#3256577) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W. B. Yeats) From: Jim Dixon The "classical" section of Allmusic.com lists the following recordings of Yeats' LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE. Warning: these recordings are likely to sound more "arty" than "folky." Composer – Singer, "Album Title" (Date of Album) Granville Bantock – Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, "A Pageant of Human Life: The Choral Music of Granville Bantock" (2008) Eleanor Daley – Elekra Women's Choir, "Elektra's Garden" (2009) Brian Blyth Daubney – William Berger, "October Roses: Songs by Brian Blyth Daubney" John Downey – Daniel Nelson, "John Downey Plays John Downey" (1999) Mary Howe – Sandra McClain, "Love's Seasons" Brian Knowles – John Christos, "Poetry Serenade" (2008) Philip Martin – Penelope Price Jones, "Philip Martin Songs" (1994) Alec Wilder – Valerie Errante, "Songs of Alec Wilder" (2000) |
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02 Oct 12 - 04:02 PM (#3413245) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W. B. Yeats) From: GUEST Encore performance of the title song from our show, "In the Deep Heart's Core: A Mystic Cabaret," at the Bailiwick Theater in Chicago, 1995. Yes, that's Andrew Bird on fiddle--then a college student... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rMMI160pYo |