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In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, the English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly initially wrote the words to Danny Boy to a tune other than Londonderry Air. One story is that his sister-in-law Margaret Enright Weatherly (AKA Jess) sent him a copy of Londonderry Air in 1913 and Weatherly modified the lyrics of Danny Boy to fit its rhyme and meter. A different story has Jess singing the air to Weatherly in 1912 with different lyrics. Yet another story is that Frederic did not set the poem to any tune, but that, in 1913, Margaret, who, with her husband Edward Weatherly, was living at the Neosho mine near Ouray, Colorado in the US, set it to the Londonderry Air which she had heard as a child in California played by her father and other Irish railway workers.

Weatherly gave the song to the vocalist Elsie Griffin, who made it one of the most popular songs of the new century. Ernestine Schumann-Heink produced the first recording of Danny Boy in 1915.

Jane Ross of Limavady is credited with collecting the melody of Londonderry Air in the mid-19th century from a musician she encountered

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This popular selection of a traditional Irish melody, also known as Londonderry Air, by Frederic Weatherly has been arranged and scored for an 8-piece brass ensemble. The original spirit and compassion of the piece is retained in this well-arranged version. A real crowd pleaser!

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This popular selection of a traditional Irish melody, also known as Londonderry Air, by Frederic Weatherly has been arranged and scored for a traditional brass quintet. The original spirit and compassion of the piece is retained in this well-arranged version. A real crowd pleaser!

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This popular selection of a traditional Irish melody, also known as Danny Boy, by Frederic Weatherly has been arranged and scored for a traditional brass quintet. The original spirit and compassion of the piece is retained in this well-arranged version. A real crowd pleaser!

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This popular selection of a traditional Irish melody, also known as Danny Boy, by Frederic Weatherly has been arranged and scored for an 8-piece brass ensemble. The original spirit and compassion of the piece is retained in this well-arranged version. A real crowd pleaser!

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Reharmonization of this standars using some techniques such as modern block chords.

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Danny Boy (The Londonderry Air) is an old tune believed to have originated in county Londonderry Northern Ireland. The lyrics were added by English lawyer Frederic Weatherly in 1910 and put to the original air in 1913.
This arrangement for accordion Orchestra is for 4 accordion parts plus bass and percussion. It includes full conductors score and mp3 guide.