Danny Boy (Weatherly, Frederic Edward)

Sheet Music

• Scores (5)
• Parts (0)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (5)
• Libretti (0)
• Other (0)
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Scores

 Complete Score (high voice, in F major)
*#582575 - 0.68MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 384×⇩ - Pianoman121

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Pianoman121 (2019/7/24)

Publisher. Info. London: Boosey, 1912. Plate 1275-4. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Score (low voice, in C major)
*#456063 - 0.23MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 948×⇩ - Jurabe

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Jurabe (2017/1/18)

 Cover Pages
*#456064 - 0.62MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 281×⇩ - Jurabe

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Jurabe (2017/1/18)

Publisher. Info. London: Boosey, 1913. Plate H. 8272. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes From the uploader's mother's library. This is from the New Edition of 1918. The accompaniment is not identified other than by OLD IRISH AIR. The fact that the title is not O Danny Boy as is the case elsewhere, but just Danny Boy, should be noted, as is also the librettist's recommendation to alter the phrasing of his poem to adapt to the singer, man or woman, as the case may be. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Score (medium-high voice, in E♭ major)
*#666231 - 1.18MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 212×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2020/12/27)

 Complete Score (medium-low voice, in D major)
*#760798 - 0.39MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 166×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/1/29)

Publisher. Info. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1913/1941. Plate 1270-4. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Strings (Fine)

 Complete Score and Parts
*#574855 - 0.48MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2224×⇩ - Elainefine

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Elainefine (2019/5/29)

Arranger Elaine Fine (b. 1959) Publisher. Info. Elaine Fine, 2019. Copyright Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del] Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Messerschmidt)

 Complete Score
*#692587 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 352×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/17)

 Horn (F)
*#692588 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 112×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/17)

 Trumpet (B♭)
*#692589 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 132×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/17)

 Euphonium
*#692590 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 104×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/17)

Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944) Publisher. Info. Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt, 2019. Copyright Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del/mrg] Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

General Information

Navigation etc.

• Weatherly was an English lawyer who wrote the lyrics to at least 3,000 songs. For this one, he set his lyrics to the famous Londonderry Air.
• It is frequently considered a ballad, though if the 1913 edition is the first, Weatherly himself did not use that term.
• Though one defining feature of folk songs is that their origins are obscure, and they generally have anonymous lyricists. A few modern songs have achieved folk status, though, and Danny Boy is one of these.
• See Londonderry Air and Farewell to Cucullain (Kreisler, Fritz) for other versions of this tune.