Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2940 (Last Rose of Summer)
| Type ? |
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| Song |
Last Rose of Summer, The / The Groves of Blarney (composed by Thomas Moore)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
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| 1925 | 15#2 | [OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. Shaun O'Nolan (pipes). |
| ~1995 | 6#1 | [RT] Reeltime. Reeltime. Máirin Fahy (fiddle, vocals), Éilís Egan (accordion), Chris Kelly (guitar), Benny Hayes (piano, keyboards, ukelele, vocals). For this tune: Mairín Fahy (vocals). |
Bibliography
Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order.
| As tune #42 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1925