Description First published in 1855, George Petrie's The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, is widely regarded as one of the most important nineteenth-century collections of traditional Irish music.
It contains nearly two hundred melodies collected by Petrie as well as song texts in Irish and English and detailed notes by Petrie about the sources of the songs or pieces.
The collection, which was originally published under the auspices of the Society for the Pres.
Cork University Press The petrie collection of the ancient music of ireland, paperback/george petrie
