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Sheet Music
Vocal Score
A Rollicking Irish Boy (Act I)
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General Information
Work Title
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The Maid of Arran
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Baum, L. Frank
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Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ILB 1
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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5 acts
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1882?
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First Publication.
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1882 (songbook)
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Librettist
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Composer, after William Black's novel "A Princess of Thule"
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Language
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English
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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Voices with instrumental accompaniment
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Navigation etc.
This is a musical play. The only surviving version of the music is a songbook that lacks two of songs alluded to in the script (without lyrics). The songs in the play appear as follows (taken from the Wikipedia article on the play):
- Act 1
- "The Legend of Castle Arran"
- "When O'Mara is King Once Again"
- "A Rollicking Irish Boy"
- Act 2
- "The Legend of Castle Arran"
- "Oona's Gift" ("A Tuft of the Old Irish Bog"/"A Turf from the Old Irish Sod")
- Act 3 [no songs]
- Act 4
- "Waiting for the Tide to Turn"
- Act 5