Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 2004/07

From: henderk2@-----.ca
Subj: Re: [kl] The answer (was: Lilliebolero)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:29:09 -0400

Quoting Ormondtoby Montoya <ormondtoby@-----.net>:
One more citation--I think you will find that the tune plays an important role
in the underscore of the film "Barry Linden" (sp?) from, I think, the 1970s.

Ken Henderson
Truro NS Canada
> This is the sort of thing that, sometimes, can make history so
> fascinating. I wish I had the time and resources to fill in the
> missing details.
>
>
>
> The original "Lilliburlero" was (depending on whom you choose to
> believe) perhaps a traditional Irish jig, which should be performed in
> the 'traditional' dance patterns, or perhaps it is a set of lyrics added
> by an Englishman to a Purcell composition.
>
> Several web pages say that "Lilliburlero" is a Anglicized
> mispronunciation of the Celtic words: "An lile ba léir é ba linn an
> lá", which means "the lily was triumphant and we won the day",
> referring to a battle of some sort.
>
> Anyway.... apparently both Ireland and England laid claim to
> "Lilliburlero" as their own song, and it became a semi-nationalistic
> issue, perhaps because of the battle.
>
> The BBC finally selected Lilliburlero as the introduction to their world
> news broadcasts during WW II. A Google search turned up hints (only
> hints) that someone in the BBC encouraged this choice as a piece of
> one-up-manship over Ireland.
>
> You can hear Lilliburlero on a Chieftains CD (An Irish Evening)
> **BUT** the CD liner spells the title "Lillie Bolero". I listened to
> the Chieftains' recording. Sinatra's recording _is_ the same melody
> but in a completely different meter, no longer a jig, sufficient changes
> in phrasing that you need to listen carefully, and the lyrics are about
> a love affair in Napoli, Italy.
>
> Since the Chieftains' recording is more modern than Sinatra's, not vice
> versa, it leaves room to wonder who did what with which version?
>
> The final note of interest --- for me, at least -- is that I remembered
> playing this melody myself, but I couldn't figure when or where.
> Eventually I found it in a beginner clarinet book ("50 Favorite Melodies
> for Grades 1-2") in 6/8 meter.
>
>
>
> So the song has made quite a trip before it finally lodged in the
> recesses of my memory.
>
> ....okay, now I can go to sleep....
>
>
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