O'Neill's Irish Music: 250 choice selections arranged for piano and violin (1908)
1media/ONeill 250 cover.jpeg2021-06-19T21:22:56-07:00Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce23927913O'Neill's Irish Music: 250 choice selections arranged for piano and violin (1908)plain10917452024-03-22T10:03:39-07:00Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2O'Neill's "250 Choice Selections" featured arrangements by James O'Neill for parlor performances. O'Neill must have been aiming for a more sophisticated audience: even the nomenclature "violin" elevated the fiddle tunes to a new level, and the piano settings brought a more western classical feeling to the traditional accompaniments. Accompaniment to traditional tunes often varied subtly - as did the melodies themselves (see above) - in traditional settings, and so a static, through-composed arrangement was more characteristic of a parlor environment than would be heard in a dancehall or informal céilí. In addition, as can be heard when comparing these transcribed and arranged tunes to O'Neill's recorded wax cylinders of the time, almost all modality and rhythmic "lift" is ironed into strict key signatures and rigid bar lines.
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1media/Rowsome.jpegmedia/onmi250_Rowsome_hg.jpg2021-06-20T00:16:47-07:00Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2William Rowsome (1908)8William Rowsome: September 1908plain2023-01-22T20:44:07-08:00Collection of Helena Grimes09/01/1908O'Neill's Music of Ireland - 250 Choice Selections (1908)Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2
1media/onmi250_Downing_ki_small.jpg2021-06-21T15:03:04-07:00Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2Timothy A. Downing (1909)14Timothy A. Downing: May 20th, 1909plain2023-01-22T13:11:37-08:00Personal collection of Kristina Ioge05/20/190951.6724474,-9.4046815O'Neill's Irish Music: 250 Choice Selections Arranged for Piano and Violin (1908)Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2
1media/Denver.jpg2021-08-09T22:42:56-07:00Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2Denver Public Library3Denver Public Library: April 2, 1912plain2023-01-22T13:05:17-08:00O'Neill's Irish Music: 250 choice selections arranged for piano and violin (1908)4/2/191239.7175805,-105.0159965Denver Public LibraryScott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2
1media/Gahan.jpg2021-08-10T18:02:03-07:00Scott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2Richard Gahan5Richard Gahan: May 1, 1915plain2023-01-22T17:37:43-08:00O'Neill's Irish Music: 250 choice selections arranged for piano and violin (1908)5/1/191545.4971439,-73.5800688Concordia University Library in Montreal, Quebec, D'Arcy McGee CollectionScott B. Spencer3a6e09c2eefd9ca96adbf188c38f589304cf3ce2