Show u ata fes bAJi ute t aa aff IF etory story of 0 ireland a music IE Is indeed the etory story of ireland so important a part h ha the harp played in artles erin annals to 0 o closely interwoven ie in music with her affair affairs educational political social and rello religious aus that to omit mention of 0 her minstrels ls and minstrelsy while writing of erin would be practically to rob ireland ot of her history letory Ii from the beginning centuries before christ music held a high place in irish life the Mile Mlle brought the barp with them the bards en joyed oi ov adal rank rich land lands were not aside tor for their maintenance and they were immune from tribute laws and chronicles were written in poetry and were recited at the great festivals held at tara the ancient name of tara itself demur was derived from te to signifying melody and mur a wall timur I 1 the will of 1 was so called from its celebrity for melody above the other pala palaces ceis of ireland the Mile ItIle came directly spain but they had been wanderers for centuries and their civilizations most resembled that of egypt maeus the egyptian historian writ ing of ireland about the year B C SOO says they eay say that latona was born here and therefore that they worshiped apollo above all other gode gods that there Is a city likewise consecrated to this god whose citizens are moat moist of them harpers who playing upon the harp chant acred sacred bycina to apollo la in the temple 11 proof of the affinity between egypt and ireland Is preserved in a sculptured harp barp at ullard county hit kenny tho the irish harps like those of ot assyria and egypt bad had no front pillar another peculiarity vas vasa that the ancient irish a aarper clayed played the treble notes with hie tin left hand in in the Sen achus ater laws compiled in the fifth century special penalties were proscribed tor for tho the non nonie return turn of a IL hart harp or a tuning key music flourished in ireland until the danes commenced to make do cents upon her coasts these began at the close of the eighth century and continued for about yeara years the quality of irish music which up to this timo waa was in its pur f toen oses now chanced tomer tilt from vom thia period came some of the best bat tie tle longis they and eraa upon the ear like the warrior warriors of ft U hundred glene glens meeting writ thema themas as dutle davis and ou are borne with them to battle and they and you chark and struggle ruggle it amid cries and battle axes and stinging arrows juat just if orlan borus harp aa the disciplined treads of phalanx and legion impressed Impre sied itself on tl tb hexameters 0 of tho the greek and roman eptha the dash and fierce daring of malatha Mala hl and P ton bom seem to hayo been into pito the war tune bt commemorate the deed deeds of these irish bejoes the last of tho the barda bards waa was tur lough tough 0 OC carolan arolan oliver goldsmith when a bright eyed child waa vas pre 80 rated sted to the anciani celtic poet carolan Carola Ca rolat tj blind and hoary ath with ago age waa was a fitting ot of the bono honored d line of which he was the last goldsmith never forgot this in ter view when the mantlo of song waa was transferred so to speak from the ancient minstrels of ireland to the new many of carolans Caro Va rolans laae are preserved in to melodies mel odlee among the best known being tho rho young may moon fly not bev yet and ohi ohl dilamo not the bard |