Old Irish airs. Volume 3 Miscellaneous collection..

Date

[approximately 1841]

Creator

Hudson, Henry, compiler

Location

Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

One partially-filled volume, a manuscript music notebook containing a collection of Irish folk melodies and songs complied or composed by Henry Hudson. Songs are numbered 243-370, and a list of those included in the volume is inscribed on p.2 of cover and front flyleaf. Some songs annotated with date and source of discovery, or date of publication in The Citizen. Four unnumbered melodies: Chinese air, Moorish prelude, Moorish dance, and Turkish Air are entered tête-bêche at end of notebook. Songs transcribed in ink.

Creator

Hudson, Henry, compiler

Date

[approximately 1841]

Material Type

Score

Identifier

MSE/IR 1434B

Subject

Link to source

https://onesearch.library.nd.edu/permalink/f/1phik6l/ndu_aleph006150789

Publisher

[Dublin]

Genre/Physical Characteristic

1 ms. vocal score (100 unnumbered pages) ;

Language

English

Dimensions

9 x 24 cm

Immediate Source of Acquisition

From the library of Captain Francis O'Neill. O'Neill purchased the Hudson manuscript volume through Nassau Massey of Cork

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