Irish Folk Tunes for Descant Recorder is a collection of 63 arrangements for descant recorder, of traditional tunes including a range of styles such as Reels, Hornpipes, Jigs and more. Experienced recorder player and co-author of English Folk Tunes for Descant Recorder, the Baroque Recorder Anthology series, and Fun and Games with the Recorder series amongst others, Peter Bowman provides notes on all of the styles covered, as well as individual pieces. German and French translations of all texts are available as pdf downloads from the Schott Music website. Suitable for players of grades 3-8. Hornpipe - The Blackbird - Hornpipe - Murphey’s Hornpipe - Poll Ha’Penny - The Shanavest and Corovoth - Carolan’s Favourite Jig - Cherish the Ladies - Come Haste to the Wedding - The Frost is all Over - The Irish Washerwoman - A Jig - Let Hoary Time - March and Jig - Planxty Edward Corcoran - Planxty George Brabazon (1st Setting) - Planxty George Brabazon (2nd Setting) - Planxty O’Rourke - Planxty Maggie Browne - The Cutting of the Hay - The Rakes of Mallow - The Rose Tree - Boil the Breakfast Early - The Boys of Ballynahinch - Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel(s) - The Country Girl’s Fortune - The Ewe with the Crooked Horn - The Goroum - The Kerry Star - Last Night’s Funeral - Lough Allen - The Mill Stream - Molly on the Shore - Munster Reel - The Peeler’s Jacket - Reel - Single Reel - Toss the Feathers - Temple Hill - Take Her Out and Air Her - The Banks of Banna - The Blackbird and the Thrush - Cockles and Mussels - Come Rest on this Bosom - Danny Boy - Dear to Me the Big Jug - Dermot - Drink of this Cup - Early in the Morning - Flower of Young Maidens - I’m an Irishman from Monaghan - An Iverk Love Song - Kate Kearney - The Mountains of Mourne - Sheela na Guira - Star of the County Down - When Irish Eyes are Smiling - Adieu ye Young Men of Claudy Green - A Lament - My Lover is Fled, My Heart is Sore - Wood’s Lamentation - A Woman and Twenty of Them - O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music
