The National Music of Ireland

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Excerpt from The National Music of Ireland: Containing the History of the Irish Bards, the National Melodies, the Harp, and Other Musical Instruments of ErinThe matter contained in this Essay formed the subject of a course of lectures (with illustrations) on the National Music of Ireland, which the writer had the pleasure to deliver, at the re quest of the Directors of the Manchester Me chanics' Institution. Acceding to the wishes of some friends, he has revised and enlarged the notes on this interesting subject, and has the plea sure to offer them in the present form, trusting that such' an Essay on the strains of other days will not be quite unacceptable to the admirers of National Melodies.The writer felt that some acquaintance with the principles of music was, perhaps of more import ance than literary talent alone, in an Essay like the present, he, therefore, presumes upon the indulgence and sympathy of the musical amateur and the literary beige.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.