John Parry: Twelve Airs for the Guittar
John Parry’s Twelve Airs for the Guittar is found at the end of his A Collection of Welsh, English and Scottish Airs … To which are added, Twelve Airs for the Guittar (1761). These comprise eight solos and four duets. In this recording, the twelve pieces are played as a suite.* I’ve filled out the solos, which in Parry’s publication are melodies only. Two original instruments are used - one from John Preston c.1765, and one from Longman & Broderip, c. 1770.
Parry doesn’t give the names of the tunes, but I’ve managed to identify some of them:
Air 1st Amoroso - “Mwynen Môn”, or Mona’s Tune (Preston)
Air 2nd Affetuoso - “Maldod Argtwddes Owen”, or Lady Owen's Delight (Longman & Broderip)
Air 3rd Allegro - “Glan Feddwdad mwyn”, or Good Humoured and Fairly Tipsy (Preston)
Air 4th Allegro - “Blodeu'r Drain”, or Briar Blossoms (Longman & Broderip)
Air 5th Largo - “Cwympiad y Dial”, or The Fall of the Leaf (Preston)
Air 6th Allegro (Longman & Broderip)
Air 7th Allegro - “Nôs Galan”, or New Year’s Eve, with variations by Parry. I change cetra and technique on the repeats of each variation, first using the Preston, then repeating on the Longman & Broderip, on which I use campanella as much as possible.
Air 8th Moderato - “Megen a Gollodd ei gardas”, or Peggy has lost her garter (Longman & Broderip)
Beginning with air number nine, Parry gives us duets. I play the top line on the Preston and the bottom on the Longman & Broderip the first time through, then swap over for the repeats.
Air 9th Allegro - I haven’t been able to identify the tune, but the bass part is similar to “Hush My Child”.
Air 10th Allegro
Air 11th Allegro - “Wyt Ti'n Hoffi Dyri' Derwydd”, or Do you like Druid’s Tower?
Air 12th Allegro
*If you’d like to listen to the pieces individually, please see Music From New Bag End
John Parry’s Twelve Airs for the Guittar is found at the end of his A Collection of Welsh, English and Scottish Airs … To which are added, Twelve Airs for the Guittar (1761). These comprise eight solos and four duets. In this recording, the twelve pieces are played as a suite.* I’ve filled out the solos, which in Parry’s publication are melodies only. Two original instruments are used - one from John Preston c.1765, and one from Longman & Broderip, c. 1770.
Parry doesn’t give the names of the tunes, but I’ve managed to identify some of them:
Air 1st Amoroso - “Mwynen Môn”, or Mona’s Tune (Preston)
Air 2nd Affetuoso - “Maldod Argtwddes Owen”, or Lady Owen's Delight (Longman & Broderip)
Air 3rd Allegro - “Glan Feddwdad mwyn”, or Good Humoured and Fairly Tipsy (Preston)
Air 4th Allegro - “Blodeu'r Drain”, or Briar Blossoms (Longman & Broderip)
Air 5th Largo - “Cwympiad y Dial”, or The Fall of the Leaf (Preston)
Air 6th Allegro (Longman & Broderip)
Air 7th Allegro - “Nôs Galan”, or New Year’s Eve, with variations by Parry. I change cetra and technique on the repeats of each variation, first using the Preston, then repeating on the Longman & Broderip, on which I use campanella as much as possible.
Air 8th Moderato - “Megen a Gollodd ei gardas”, or Peggy has lost her garter (Longman & Broderip)
Beginning with air number nine, Parry gives us duets. I play the top line on the Preston and the bottom on the Longman & Broderip the first time through, then swap over for the repeats.
Air 9th Allegro - I haven’t been able to identify the tune, but the bass part is similar to “Hush My Child”.
Air 10th Allegro
Air 11th Allegro - “Wyt Ti'n Hoffi Dyri' Derwydd”, or Do you like Druid’s Tower?
Air 12th Allegro
*If you’d like to listen to the pieces individually, please see Music From New Bag End
John Parry’s Twelve Airs for the Guittar is found at the end of his A Collection of Welsh, English and Scottish Airs … To which are added, Twelve Airs for the Guittar (1761). These comprise eight solos and four duets. In this recording, the twelve pieces are played as a suite.* I’ve filled out the solos, which in Parry’s publication are melodies only. Two original instruments are used - one from John Preston c.1765, and one from Longman & Broderip, c. 1770.
Parry doesn’t give the names of the tunes, but I’ve managed to identify some of them:
Air 1st Amoroso - “Mwynen Môn”, or Mona’s Tune (Preston)
Air 2nd Affetuoso - “Maldod Argtwddes Owen”, or Lady Owen's Delight (Longman & Broderip)
Air 3rd Allegro - “Glan Feddwdad mwyn”, or Good Humoured and Fairly Tipsy (Preston)
Air 4th Allegro - “Blodeu'r Drain”, or Briar Blossoms (Longman & Broderip)
Air 5th Largo - “Cwympiad y Dial”, or The Fall of the Leaf (Preston)
Air 6th Allegro (Longman & Broderip)
Air 7th Allegro - “Nôs Galan”, or New Year’s Eve, with variations by Parry. I change cetra and technique on the repeats of each variation, first using the Preston, then repeating on the Longman & Broderip, on which I use campanella as much as possible.
Air 8th Moderato - “Megen a Gollodd ei gardas”, or Peggy has lost her garter (Longman & Broderip)
Beginning with air number nine, Parry gives us duets. I play the top line on the Preston and the bottom on the Longman & Broderip the first time through, then swap over for the repeats.
Air 9th Allegro - I haven’t been able to identify the tune, but the bass part is similar to “Hush My Child”.
Air 10th Allegro
Air 11th Allegro - “Wyt Ti'n Hoffi Dyri' Derwydd”, or Do you like Druid’s Tower?
Air 12th Allegro
*If you’d like to listen to the pieces individually, please see Music From New Bag End