Irish Folk Tunes for Descant Recorder

Irish Folk Tunes for Descant Recorder is a collection of 63 arrangements for descant recorder, of traditional tunes including a range of styles such as Reels, Hornpipes, Jigs and more. Experienced recorder player and co-author of English Folk Tunes for Descant Recorder, the Baroque Recorder Anthology series, and Fun and Games with the Recorder series amongst others, Peter Bowman provides notes on all of the styles covered, as well as individual pieces. German and French translations of all texts are available as pdf downloads from the Schott Music website. Suitable for players of grades 3-8. The volume contains recordings for download in order to get a sound impression of the stylistic and technical features of the pieces.

CONTENTS

Hornpipe
The Blackbird
Hornpipe
Murphey’s Hornpipe
Poll Ha’Penny
The Shanavest and Corovoth
Carolan’s Favourite Jig
Cherish the Ladies
Come Haste to the Wedding
The Frost is all Over
The Irish Washerwoman
A Jig
Let Hoary Time
March and Jig
Planxty Edward Corcoran
Planxty George Brabazon (1st Setting)
Planxty George Brabazon (2nd Setting)
Planxty O’Rourke
Planxty Maggie Browne
The Cutting of the Hay
The Rakes of Mallow
The Rose Tree
Boil the Breakfast Early
The Boys of Ballynahinch
Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel(s)
The Country Girl’s Fortune
The Ewe with the Crooked Horn
The Goroum
The Kerry Star
Last Night’s Funeral
Lough Allen
The Mill Stream
Molly on the Shore
Munster Reel
The Peeler’s Jacket
Reel
Single Reel
Toss the Feathers
Temple Hill
Take Her Out and Air Her
The Banks of Banna
The Blackbird and the Thrush
Cockles and Mussels
Come Rest on this Bosom
Danny Boy
Dear to Me the Big Jug
Dermot
Drink of this Cup
Early in the Morning
Flower of Young Maidens
I’m an Irishman from Monaghan
An Iverk Love Song
Kate Kearney
The Mountains of Mourne
Sheela na Guira
Star of the County Down
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Adieu ye Young Men of Claudy Green
A Lament
My Lover is Fled, My Heart is Sore
Wood’s Lamentation
A Woman and Twenty of Them
O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music