Sean-nós singing (1907) | Traditional songs in the Irish language: Waterford, Kerry, Dublin, Donegal

Amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós (1907) | Amhráin thraidisiúnta i nGaeilge: Port Láirge, Ciarraí, Baile Átha Cliath, Dún na nGall
Dr. Rudolf Trebitsch (1876-1918) was an Austrian-Jewish ethnologist who made ethnographic wax cylinder recordings in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany and the Basque Country, before his death by suicide at the age of 41 in 1918. Trebitsch travelled through Ireland in the summer of 1907, beginning in Waterford and ending in Donegal. The songs have been arranged into the order they were recorded, so you can experience the music as Rudolf Trebitsch did in 1907. On his travels, he also recorded spoken song lyrics, poetry and folk tales, which you can hear if you follow the links below.
Here is a link to all 26 recordings of songs, instrumental music, poems and myths made by Trebitsch in Ireland • CD 1:1 Patriotic Poem
Here are 20 Gaelic recordings made in Scotland by Trebitsch • CD 1:1 Patriotic Poem
Both of these playlists were originally uploaded by a CZcams channel called “Oíche na nAmhrán”, which is an excellent resource for traditional Irish music, particularly sean-nós songs / @oichenanamhran7397
The CD “The Collections of Rudolf Trebitsch: Celtic Redordings”, which includes the Irish and Scottish recordings, as well as recordings from Wales, Brittany and the Isle of Man, can be purchased here. www.amazon.co.uk/Collections-...
The recordings Trebitsch made in Greenland can be purchased here: www.amazon.com/Recordings-Gre...
I improved the quality of the instrumental recordings at the start and end of the video, removing some of the background noise and altering a few other things. I decided not to edit the vocal recordings at all, because I couldn't improve them without reducing the clarity of the words.
00:00 Introduction
01:22 Éire ("Ireland") - Seumas O'Ceallaig
02:59 A spailpín, a rún ("Oh farmhand, my darling") - Patrig O'Neill
04:33 Is buachaill fíor-og mé ("I am a very young boy") - Patrig O'Neill
06:03 Réidhcnoc Mná Duibhe ("Black Woman’s Hill") - Johanna Flaherty
07:36 Cailín deas crúite na mbó ("The pretty girl milking the cows") - Mary Hoare
09:08 Unknown song - Mary Duffy
10:37 An Stóicin ("The Lad") - John Rowan
11:52 Juno, Apollo, Venus - Denis Mac Gowan
13:06 Comments and Context
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[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

When I made this video, I thought these were the earliest recordings of Irish singing. Actually, Richard Henebry made 14 recordings of sean-nós singing in 1905, which have been digitised and can be found here www.itma.ie/features/playlists/itma-henebry-cylinder-recordings-1905
If you enjoyed this video, you'll probably be interested to see this video of traditional Irish music in Spiddal, Co. Galway (1962), which I restored and captioned: czcams.com/video/6lrP4KzApI4/video.html

[@richgouette]

this kind of stuff is just gold...

[@mumsow]

Oh my heart 💚

[@Nethanel773]

Thank you for putting this up.

[@juanjosealbercacarretero7893]

I can hear History. Thanks.

[@fitzjameswood5486]

It is clear Rudolf Trebitsch was the inspiration for the 'German' ethnologist in Flann O'Brien's hilarious and brilliant book 'The Poor Mouth'.

[@Youreonlymassive]

But the ethnologist is from Dublin- he went to berlin with the recordings

[@CharlieOBrienTF]

Iontach go deo!

[@chebradley]

Is the intro the dear Irish boy?

[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

Yes! It says so in the bottom right hand corner :)

[@chebradley]

@@TheFolkRevivalProject haha sorry didn't see that! great tune!

[@Peter-733]

im no expert but the voices sound too high. i wonder if it was played back too fast when recorded?

[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

That's a real possibility. If I'd thought of that before uploading this video I could've played around with the speed/pitch to see what sounded most accurate.

[@Peter-733]

@@TheFolkRevivalProject Im not sure if they were all recorded at the same speed, but i find they sound better if you slow it down to.75x

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

the 17 year old postman is a very good singer.......ehm... i mean...was a very good singer I guess