Turlough O'Carolan
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title:
Turlough O'Carolan
text:
Turlough O'Carolan was a blind Celtic harper, composer and singer in Ireland whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. Although not a composer in the classical sense, Carolan is considered by some to be Ireland's national composer. Harpers in the old Irish tradition were still living as late as 1792, and ten, including Arthur O'Neill, Patrick Quin and Donnchadh Ó hÁmsaigh, attended the Belfast Harp Festival. Ó hÁmsaigh played some of Carolan's music, but disliked it for being
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Irish composer and musician (1670–1738)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turlough_O%27Carolan
date created:
2003-09-22T10:43:46Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T06:09:43Z
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