"The Rose of Tralee" is a nineteenth-century Irish
ballad about a woman called Mary, who because of her
beauty was called The Rose of Tralee. The Rose of
Tralee International Festival had been inspired by the
ballad.
The words of the song are credited to Edward Mordaunt
Spencer and the music to Charles William Glover, but a
story circulated in connection with the festival claims
that the song was written by William Pembroke
Mulchinock, out of love for Mary O'Connor, a poor maid
in servi...(+)
"The Rose of Tralee" is a nineteenth-century Irish
ballad about a woman called Mary, who because of her
beauty was called The Rose of Tralee. The Rose of
Tralee International Festival had been inspired by the
ballad.
The words of the song are credited to Edward Mordaunt
Spencer and the music to Charles William Glover, but a
story circulated in connection with the festival claims
that the song was written by William Pembroke
Mulchinock, out of love for Mary O'Connor, a poor maid
in service to his family.
In 2019 the Rose of Tralee International Festival, as
part of their 60th Anniversary living history
promotion, employed the services of Dr. Andrea Nini, a
forensic linguist working on cases of disputed
authorship. His report concluded that a poem written by
Tralee poet William Pembroke Mulchinock called Smile
Mary My Darling was published and passed off by Edward
Mordaunt Spencer in 1846 in his book of poetry The Heir
of Abbotsville. This poem was adapted into a poem
called The Rose of Tralee with the air being re-set by
Charles William Glover from one of his previous
ballads.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_of_Tralee_(song
)).
Although originally created for traditional Irish
instruments, I created this Interpretation of "The Rose
of Tralee" for Flute, Oboe & Celtic or Concert (Pedal)
Harp.