O'Carolan's Dream (score only)
Solo Violin Feature
by Gary Gackstatter
Orchestra - Sheet Music

Soloist(s) with Orchestra (solo violin, flute 1, flute 2, oboe 1, oboe 2, B-flat clarinet 1, B-flat clarinet 2, bass clarinet, bassoon, F horn 1, F horn 2, F horn 3, B-flat trumpet 1, B-flat trumpet 2, B-flat trumpet 3, trombone 1, trombone 2, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussi) - Level 3

SKU: CN.20201

Solo Violin Feature. Composed by Gary Gackstatter. Score. Duration 4:30. Published by C. Alan Publications (CN.20201).

Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) was a blind Celtic harpist who is Ireland's most famous composer. Blinded by smallpox at the age of eighteen, he was apprenticed to a harper; then at the age of twenty-one, he was given a horse and some money to start his career as an itinerant musician, often naming his tunes for the patrons he stayed with. He had a great sense of humor and temper, and was known to have enjoyed drinking and fighting. Over 200 of his single-line melodies survive, three of which are featured in this arrangement: Sheebeg and Sheemor, Lord Inchiquin and George Brabazon. Gackstatter has also arranged O'Carolan's beautiful ballad Bridget Cruise for band.