Posted by JanetB, written by Turlough O'Carolan
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Size: 2,286kb, uploaded 7/6/2015 11:37:37 AM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
This is the 213th and last tune of O'Carolan notated in his lengthy biography Carolan, The Life, Times, and Music of an Irish Harper. I keep coming back to this great book. However, I learned the music from the wonderful playing of Joemy Wilson, who plays hammer dulcimer -- highly recommended for good listening. She also wrote a story about young Turlough, equally enjoyable listening on a CD with accompanying music. Squire Wood had a copper mine and was contracted to mint copper coins for Ireland. The merchants and public refused to use his coins, so the lamentation title is tongue-in-cheek. But the composition is beautiful, as is so much of O'Carolan's work and I keep wanting to learn more of them.
1 comment on “Squire Wood's Lamentation”
VancePants Says:
Monday, July 6, 2015 @12:13:38 PM
It may have been a lamentation laced with sarcasm, but a lovely, melancholy tune nonetheless... well played Janet... and i'll take one of ol' Squire's "copper heads".
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