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Tune of the Day: Danny Boy
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Traditional Irish air
To begin with, “Danny Boy” is just one of over 100 songs composed to the same tune, the “Londonderry Air”. The author of the famous lyrics
Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling…
was an English lawyer, Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848–1929), who was also a songwriter and radio entertainer. In 1910 he wrote the words and music for an unsuccessful song he called “Danny Boy”. In 1912 his sister-in-law in America sent him a tune called the “Londonderry Air”, which he had never heard before. He immediately noticed that the melody was perfectly fitted to his lyrics, so he published a revised version of his song in 1913.
Curiously enough, it seems that Weatherly never set foot in Ireland.
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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First Publication | 1913 |
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language; For strings (arr); For strings; Scores featuring string ensemble |
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Performances
Naxos
Sheet Music
Scores
Complete Score (F major)
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Complete Score (C major)
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Cover Pages
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Strings (Fine)
Complete Score and Parts
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General Information
Work Title | Danny Boy |
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Alternative. Title | Song written to an Old Irish Air |
Composer | Weatherly, Frederic Edward |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | None [force assignment] |
Key | C major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
First Publication. | 1913 |
Librettist | Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice, piano |
Misc. Comments
- Weatherly was an English lawyer who wrote the lyrics to at least 3,000 songs. For this one, he set his lyrics to the famous Londonderry Air.
- It is frequently considered a ballad, though if the 1913 edition is the first, Weatherly himself did not use that term.
- Though one defining feature of folk songs is that their origins are obscure, and they generally have anonymous lyricists. A few modern songs have achieved folk status, though, and Danny Boy is one of these.
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