If you love to sing folk music, or play violin or folk harp, you might
like to try this music in your next recital or performance. Katharine
Tynan was a writer and poet who lived in Ireland and Great Britain in
the mid 1800's to early 1900's. Her poems are lovely, and I decided to
set some of them to music. Katharine was born in Ireland, and her poem
The Wind That Shakes The Barley tells of her longing for Ireland while
she was living in London. The music is pentatonic in the key of C.
There are only 5 notes in the piece (in several octaves), simplistic
sounding and easy to perform, yet mature and emotional. The voice part
has a range from middle C to E above the staff. This is a fairly easy
range for an amateur singer. I have included the chords in the event
that a harpist is not available and you want to do the performance with a
keyboard player or guitarist. I think you will really like this piece
if you like the modal celtic sounding music. Check out my other
settings of Katharine Tynan poems. All are for soprano, violin, and
folk harp. They would make a great set for performance. The music will
come to you as a score in a hard stock cover (signed by me, the
composer!) for the singer to hold and perform from. There will be a
separate violin and separate harp part (with the chords above the notes)
for the accompaniment. I will adjust shipping if you want several
pieces. It is fun to try new music, and I love to write it.