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Turlough O'Carolan
aka Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin
Turlough O'Carolan is credited on 754 releases across 234 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
754
Pressings credited
234
Albums
7
Decades active
15
In collections
Biography
Turlough O'Carolan (Irish: Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin [ˈt̪ˠɾˠeːl̪ˠəx oː ˈcaɾˠwəl̪ˠaːnʲ, - ˈcaɾˠuːl̪ˠaːnʲ]; 1670 – 25 March 1738) was a blind Celtic harper, composer and singer in Ireland whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. Although not a composer in the classical sense, Carolan is considered by some to be Ireland's national composer. Harpers in the old Irish tradition were still living as late as 1792, and ten, including Arthur O'Neill, Patrick Quin and Donnchadh Ó hÁmsaigh, attended the Belfast Harp Festival. Ó hÁmsaigh played some of Carolan's music, but disliked it for being too modern. Some of Carolan's own compositions show influences of the style of continental classical music, whereas others such as Farewell to Music reflect a much older style of "Gaelic Harping".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
754 releases · 234 albums · active 1967–2026
- Performance · 1,115
- Other credits · 38
Studios: Windmill Lane Studios · CBS Studios, London · Eamonn Andrews Studios · Studio S7
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Clannad
- Dave Swarbrick
- Patrick Ball
- Magical Strings
- The Chieftains
- Peter Ratzenbeck
- Triskell
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