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1. März 2000 · Daybreak and a Candle End by Frank Harte, Dónal Lunny released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Daybreak and a Candle-End. 1987 - Faetain Spin 995 LP (IRL) Side One. The Jolly Young Ploughboy (Arr. Lunny, Harte) Roger the Miller (Arr. Harte) The Maid of Cabra West (Arr. Lunny, Harte) In London So Fair (Arr. Harte) Sarah Jane (Arr. Lunny, Harte) By the Hush Me Boys (Arr. Harte) Cockles and Mussels (Arr. Harte) Side Two
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1) 'The History'
In his book Revolutionary Europe 1783-1815, George Rudé wrote of Bonaparte: While Frank's summary of Napoleon's govermental and social reforms is effective, the remaining three pages of this potted biography continues to verge on hagiography. So we get a largely Boy's Own war story where Bonaparte 'covered himself in glory at Marengo' and in which 'he defeated a superior force of Austrians and Russians'at Austerlitz. As further evidence, take this remarkable couple of sentences: Triteness con...
2) 'Napoleon and the Irish'
The second section of Frank Harte's essay on Napoleon is a marked improvement on its predecessor, undoubtedly because its author has moved on to areas with with he is deeply familiar: Irish ballads and Ireland. Indeed his excellent opening paragraph not only establishes that the 'Bonaparte of history...and the Napoleon in the Irish ballads are not necessarily the same person' and that the images of the Emperor in these songs are related closely to the interests of the Irish in seeking liberat...
1 The Isle of St Helena Oddly, in the light of the singer's thesis regarding Bonaparte's function within Ireland's song tradition, he has chosen to begin with The Isle of St Helenawhich hardly reflects his mythological role. Here Frank refers to Napoleon's death and the subsequent autopsy which found that he had died of cancer. Annoyingly, he then ...
In the case of My Name is Napoleon Bonaparte this issue is resolved easily, since almost half of the tracks included are simply not'Traditional Songs on Napoleon Bonaparte' - and those that are would be sufficient to make just a single album. Additionally, Frank writes in the concluding part of his introductory essay, 'The study of history with all...
Dónal Lunny beim Craiceann Bodhrán Festival 2016, Inis Oirr Nach dem Ende der Moving Hearts lernte Lunny Mandoline und setzte seine Karriere als Musikproduzent und Begleitmusiker fort. So produzierte er Alben von Kate Bush , Paul Brady , Elvis Costello , Rod Stewart , Sinéad O’Connor und Clannad .
Harte has seemed to have accomplished that on ‘Daybreak and a Candle-End’, featuring his singing with the accompaniment of Dónal Lunny. In 2003 Harte was voted the Traditional Singer of the Year Award by TG4, making this album a must have for any music fan.
Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays guitar and bouzouki , as well as keyboards and bodhrán . As a founding member of popular bands Planxty , The Bothy Band , Moving Hearts , Coolfin, Mozaik , LAPD , and Usher's Island , he has been at the forefront of the renaissance of Irish traditional music for over five decades.
