Re: Brian Boru and the Strawberry Moon.
Mary-Lela and Art Gilbert (gilbert@cruzio.com)
Sun, 2 Jun 1996 11:54:40 -0800
Rita Wrote:
>I am a rank beginner and the list of songs I can play is short but my very
>favorite is Brian Boru's March.
>(The first time I ever heard someone play the Celtic Harp it was also the
>first time I heard this song and I made the poor harpist play it over and
>over.)
>I know its a pretty basic song.. but its very basically hard to find
>resources out here on the Great Plains of Colorado.. I have only one
>arrangement of it.. and I don't like it very much. (Its the Sylvia Woods
>Irish Dance Tunes For All Harps... although I usually like Sylvia woods
>songs very much and appreciate the beginner simplicity of the books I have
>by her.)
>Can anybody point me out a catalog, a favorite (easy!) version in a book or
>otherwise some way of trying other arrangements?
I'm also a beginner and would like to know about music that I could handle
but sounds good. I would like to find some music with words as well.
(Spiritually uplifting) I've just recently learned AMAZING GRACE and WHERE
I SIT IS HOLY. I recomend the book CIRCLE OF SONG,songs, chants, and
dances for ritual and celebration. compiled by Kate Marks. This is a
music book with just simple melody lines and words. I have improvised with
these many times. I really like these works, a broad variety of music from
many cultures.
Mary-Lela