Old Irish Tune

Larry Daehn

General Info

Year: 2001
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Folksong
Publisher: Daehn
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani (optional)
Percussion, including:

Bells
Marimba (optional)
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This concert band setting is based on Kitty Tyrrell, an old Irish air of the mid-eighteenth century. Thomas Moore (1779-1852) used the melody for his Oh! Blame Not the Bard! (in Volume 3 of his Irish Melodies series) in 1810.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: South Central Middle School 7th & 8th Grade Honor Band (Lynn Dean, conductor) – 2001

State Ratings

Florida: II
Georgia: II
Maryland: II
Michigan: Senior High d
Mississippi: II-A
North Carolina: II
South Carolina: II

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Sierra Pacific High School (Hanford, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Jeff Detlefsen, conductor) -15 March 2019 (2019 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
South Central Middle School (Emerson, Ga.) 7th & 8th Grade Honor Band (Lynn Dean, conductor) – 19 December 2001 (2001 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)

All Wind Works

633 Squadron (as arranger) (1964/2003)
Adagio Cantabile (as arranger) (1798/2009)
Adagio for Winds (2004)
Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3 (as arranger) (1721/1980)
Aria (as arranger)
As Summer Was Just Beginning (1994)
British Isles Suite (1999)
Chaconne (2011)
Chaconne and Festive Aria (as arranger)
Chaconne in D Minor (as arranger)
Chorale and Fugue in F Major (as arranger)
Christmas Day (as arranger)
Concerto for Prince Johann (as arranger) (c. 1713 / 2011)
Country Wildflowers (1998)
Die Meistersinger Themes (as arranger) (18684/2009)
Highland Echoes (1995)
Farewell, Dear Voyager
Fugue in B-flat Major (as arranger) (1722/1988)
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (as transcriber) (1905-12/1987)
Irish Trilogy (as arranger) (1961/2003)
Nottingham Castle (1997)
Old Irish Tune (2002)
Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (as arranger)
Pioneer Songs (2003)
Remembrance (2014)
Romany Life (as arranger)
The Running Set (as arranger) (1933/2007)
Sarabande (as arranger) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
Song for Friends, A (1997)
A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)
Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (as arranger) (1893/2007)
Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (as arranger) (1957/1989)
Tchaikovskyana (as arranger) (1979/2015)
Themes from "Green Bushes" (as arranger) (1906/1987)
Trieste Overture (as arranger) (2006)
Walking Tune (as arranger) (1900/1940/1988)
West Point Bicentennial March (2002)
Where Eagles Dare (as arranger) (1968/2011)
While I Watch the Yellow Wheat (2002)
With Quiet Courage (1995)

Resources

Daehn, L. (2001). Old Irish Tune [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
Perusal score