Danny Boy (Weatherly, Frederic Edward)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
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

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score (F major)
#582575 - 0.68MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - Pianoman121

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Publisher. Info. London: Boosey, 1912. Plate 1275-4.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score (C major)
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 Cover Pages
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Publisher. Info. London: Boosey, 1913. Plate H. 8272.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes From the uploader's mother's library. This is from the New Edition of 1918. The accompaniment is not identified other than by OLD IRISH AIR.

The fact that the title is not O Danny Boy as is the case elsewhere, but just Danny Boy, should be noted, as is also the librettist's recommendation to alter the phrasing of his poem to adapt to the singer, man or woman, as the case may be.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Strings (Fine)

 Complete Score and Parts
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Arranger Elaine Fine (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Elaine Fine, 2019.
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General Information

Work Title Danny Boy
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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