The musical
traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man have given
us hundreds of beautiful, atmospheric airs and a vast number of dance
tunes, many dating back at least as far as the 17th Century.
Some
of these melodies were composed by great figures like the prolific
Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan and the Scots fiddle players Niel Gow
and William Marshall, but most are anonymous pieces passed on and
modified by generations of singers and instrumentalists.
