GARTAN MOTHER'S LULLABY Irish Harp & Vocal Music Lot 8

“Sleep, O babe, for the red bee hums the silent twilight's fall.
Aoibheall from the grey rock comes, to wrap the world in thrall...”

A beautiful old lullaby with lyrics by Joseph Campbell and a traditional melody collected in Donegal by Herbert Hughes around 1900, arranged for lever harp and voice. It is in the key of C; its one B-flat chord is played by flatting the lowest B string on the harp before beginning to play. The sheet music is 4 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", printed on ivory paper; includes words (3 verses), melody, chords, and a lovely arrangement for the harp that combines runs in the lower octaves with shimmering broken chords in the higher. Level: lower to middle intermediate.

This song is also available in our eBay store as part of our Four Celtic Lullabies set. Click here to see them all.

Click here, then choose “The Gartan Mother’s Lullaby,” to hear a sample of this music as sung by Colleen Harris on her CD, Celtic Grace. The wordless vocals at the beginning (harmony to the melody the harp is playing) were added to this arrangement by the singer.

Please note that these copies are inexpensive because they are printer's seconds. There is a small area on the front cover across the second line of text and the border to the right of it  where the ink didn't adhere properly and has little scratched-off places. This is very far from affecting legibility, and of course it doesn't affect the music at all! This would be a good deal for a harp teacher, choir director, reseller, or anyone who would like multiple copies of this beautiful piece of music!

We also have perfect copies available for $3.25 in our eBay store.

See our other auctions for more harp books and sheet music: Valkyrie Publications carries four music books, one instruction book, and over 70 pieces of sheet music for the harp, and many of them are listed in our auctions and eBay store. You can also find the books on half.com or follow the "Me" link to our website, where some of them can be heard in MIDI form.

Please add $1.90 postage for your order of ANY size from Valkyrie Publications: combine postage and we will pay any extra. Your order will be sent USPS Book Rate or First Class, depending on its weight.

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