{"id":78,"date":"2016-03-10T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/?p=78"},"modified":"2022-03-09T22:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:00:33","slug":"name-that-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/2016\/03\/10\/name-that-tune\/","title":{"rendered":"NAME THAT TUNE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 March 2016<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2015\/12\/Image-blog-Post-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2015\/12\/Image-blog-Post-5-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image blog Post 5\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2015\/12\/Image-blog-Post-5-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2015\/12\/Image-blog-Post-5-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2015\/12\/Image-blog-Post-5-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2015\/12\/Image-blog-Post-5.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slumber, Oh! Slumber<br \/>Moore&#8217;s National Airs Number 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>While examining copies of Moore\u2019s National Airs extant in Special Collections at the McClay Library, QUB, I was amazed at the number of different countries and cultures which inspired the poet-songwriter.\u00a0 The song series includes airs from Spain, India, Hungary, Russia, Denmark and Malta.\u00a0 There are 12 songs in each of the 6 Numbers.\u00a0 That makes a total of 72 songs in the National Airs series.\u00a0 Slumber, Oh! Slumber from Number 5 is one of only two songs in the whole series where the origin of the air is not identified.\u00a0 The song is in the key of B flat major, set in 2\/4 time and has two verses.\u00a0 The singer begins in bar 11 after a 10 bar piano introduction.\u00a0 The two verses are divided by a 6 bar piano interlude.\u00a0 I\u2019ve transcribed the words below:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u201cSlumber, oh! Slumber if, sleeping thou mak\u2019st<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">My heart beat so wildly, I\u2019m lost, when thou wak\u2019st!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Thus sung I to a maiden, Who slept one summer\u2019s day,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">And like a flow\u2019r o\u2019er laden With noontide sunshine, lay.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Breathe not, oh, breathe not, ye winds, o\u2019er her cheeks,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If mute thus she charm me, I\u2019m lost when she speaks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Thus sing I, while awaking, She murmurs words, that seems,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">As if her lips were taking Farewell of some sweet dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps some of our readers might know the origin of the air.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Image Courtesy of Special Collections, The McClay Library, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 March 2016 While examining copies of Moore\u2019s National Airs extant in Special Collections at the McClay Library, QUB, I was amazed at the number of different countries and cultures which inspired the poet-songwriter.\u00a0 The song series includes airs from Spain, India, Hungary, Russia, Denmark and Malta.\u00a0 There are 12 songs in each of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15],"tags":[137,173,186],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-music","category-songs","tag-national-airs","tag-slumber-oh-slumber","tag-thomas-moore"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa93ax-1g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":834,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}