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Manuscript songs: Songs of your county

Series of song manuscripts from and organised by the 32 counties of Ireland. Many are handwritten by Nellie Walsh herself, sometimes on the back of scraps of paper including envelopes, postcards, bank statements, and typescript notes or memos from the Old Wexford Society, for which Walsh was Honorary Secretary. Several songs are attributed to their writers, with the most belonging to the writer/composer duo John Nestor and Brian Driscoll and writer Dan McEntee. Most of the county files include letters requesting or submitting song, and many of those letters are attached to the song about which they are discussing. Although Walsh published her 'Songs of your county' column from the mid 1960s until the mid 1990s, the songs she compiled appear to date back to the late 1800s. The date range included here is 1898–1989 to account for the dates written on both the songs collected and the letters sent to Walsh to submit songs. The majority of the songs and letters are not individually dated.

Seán Reid Letters

Letters addressed to John Reid (Reid, Seán, 1907-1978) from various correspondents including musicians John Potts, who taught Reid the uilleann pipes, Tommie Potts (Potts, Tommie, 1912-1988) and Brother Gildas (Ó Sé, Pádraig, ? 1881-1960).

Bound music manuscripts

Bound music manuscript books, handwritten by Nellie Walsh, in both A4 staff notation books and smaller notebooks with lyrics and some tonic sol-fa. These are collections of songs unattributed to counties or dates, but each titled. They likely helped her when constructing her 'Songs of your county' column, but were also likely for her own personal use.

Music Papers

This subseries contains exam papers, lecture notes, articles, newspaper clippings, concert programmes, music catalogues, photographs, drawings, serials, musical instrument catalogues and letters relating to music education, teaching, music research and musical instruments, most notably the piano, harp, oboe, cimbalom and heckelphone. Bell’s study of musical composition as well as his lifelong interest in ethnic music and musical instruments of other countries including Romania, Bulgaria and Peru is reflected in this subseries. His research into the hammered dulcimer which led to the recreation of the ancient Irish instrument known as the tiompán can also be seen in his papers in this subseries (DBE-239678/2/1/4).

Original Compositions by Derek Bell

Undated and incomplete manuscripts:
Allegro Vivace for piano
Ballet suite for piano
Canon
Concerto
Concerto (the violet rag) for harp and orchestra
Concerto for piano
Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra
Fantasy - sonata for violin and piano
Hedgehog No. 5
Lost Things (after the Gospel according to St Thomas) for voice and piano Nocturne for piano
Sonata No. 1 for piano and percussion
Sonata No. 2 for piano
The Voice of Spring (E. W. Cole) for choir, oboe, harp and strings
Young Love for tenor, flute, oboe, harp and strings

Dated manuscripts:
Concerto No. 1 for piano and accompanied by orchestra (1950)
Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra. (1950)
Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra. (1951)
Sonata No. 1 for violin with piano accompaniment (1953)
Sonata No. 1 for clarinet (B flat) and piano (1953)
Sonata No. 1 for piano. Opus 16. (1953)
Two pieces for piano (1954)
Piano Sonata No. 2 Op.11 (1954)
Suite for oboe and piano (1954)
Gavotte (1955)
Serenade for string trio (1955)
Symphony in E flat (Sinfonia Tragica) (1955)
Recitative, Nocturne, Intermezzo and Finale for viola and piano (1955) Sonata No. 1 for oboe solo (or english horn or oboe d'amore or heckelphone) (1956) Infant Joy (songs of innocence) for two sopranos and piano (1957)
Waltz (Variation on the Agincourt Song) for xylophone, harp and string quartet. (1957) Ballade Pastorale for oboe and piano (1958)
Three Concert Studies for oboe (doubling cor anglais) and piano (1958, revised 2000) Toccata Burlesca, a transendental etude for oboe and piano (1958)
Toccata in A major for organ (1959)
Pastoral Overture for orchestra and piano (1960)
Piano Sonata (Summer 1960/1961/1962)
Four Short Romantic Melodies for violoncello and piano (1963)
A Shelley Song for soprano and piano (1964)
Improvisation and Finale for organ solo (1969)
Carolan’s Receipt for three Irish harps (1971-1972)
Sonata no. 4 'The Ascension of Milareba' for solo piano (revised 1975)
Dance Rhapsody no.1 for solo piano (revised 1981)
Variations and Musical Quotations on the well-known TV jingle: ‘Come on, Northern Ireland, come on’ for mezzo-soprano, Lambeg drum, bodrán, organ, choir and symphony orchestra (1985)
Nocturne on an Icelandic Melody for oboe d'amore and harp (1985)
Romance in Taiwan for Erh-hu and piano (1986)
Symphony No. 2 ‘The Violet Flame, Compté de Saint Germain’ for harp obbligato, and large symphony orchestra, with piano, organ and wordless chorus (1990)
Three Images of Ireland in Druid Times for voice, mixed choir and symphony orchestra (1992)
Divertissement Variations on a Tune: A day in the life of Paddy the Irishman for chamber ensemble (1997)

Solo and Orchestral Performance

Letters, rehearsal schedules, performance invitations, concert programmes, reviews, articles, posters and ephemera relating to Bell’s solo and orchestral career. Material dates from Bell’s time performing with the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra and the City of Belfast Orchestra in the 1950s and 1960s. Bell’s successful international solo career performing on a range of musical instruments including the piano, oboe, pedal and Irish harp, cor anglais and cimbalom is also in evidence in this subseries.

Published songs: Songs of your county

Selections from Nellie Walsh's published column in 'Ireland's Own', 'Songs of your county'. She appears to have constructed three scrapbooks of her work, and clipped out the majority of her columns either for inclusion in these scrapbooks or to keep as a collection. These are mostly clipped straight from the magazine, but some are photocopied. The columns are undated, but Walsh ran her column from the 1960s to 1990s.

Administration, Premises and Equipment

This subseries contains correspondence, accounts book, membership lists, receipts, meeting minutes, rules and objective documents, insurance policies, rent notices, bills and equipment manuals relating to the early years of Na Píobairí Uilleann, particularly to the period when their premises was located at 32 East Essex Street, Dublin 2.

General Correspondence

General correspondence from uilleann pipers, other musicians, academic researchers and Irish music enthusiasts from Ireland, United Kingdom, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Australia and the United States of America. Many of the correspondents request information on membership to Na Píobairí Uilleann, they look for information about piping classes, about where they can buy uilleann pipes and about pipe and reed making classes. Letter writers also requests to buy the society’s publications including tutor books, the journals Ceol & An Píobaire and request to purchase cane, hemp and reeds. They also look for information on contemporary and historical uilleann pipers, sound recordings and sheet music and seek answers to technical questions about chanter and reed making. Many letters contain information about uilleann pipes, pipers, reed making and pipe manufacturing. Some letters compliment Breandán Breathnach on his publications. Regular correspondents include Tom Busby, Martin Cooney, Wilbert Garvin, Robbie Hannan, Robert McMahon, Pat McNulty, Bill Ochs, Theodor Podnos, Ronnie Wathen. There are also some letters relating to the early years of the Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Undated letters are filed at the end of the series.

Activities

This subseries relates to the various activities carried out by Na Píobairí Uilleann to promote their organisation, as well as, the art of uilleann piping and pipe making. These activities include the publication of it newsletter An Píobaire, exhibitions on uilleann piping, the promotion of the uilleann pipes through participation in music competitions like Feis Ceoil and the establishment of pipe making companies throughout Ireland.
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