Edward Bunting's Collections of Irish Melodies

General Collection (1797), (Second) General Collection (1811) & The Ancient Music of Ireland (1840)

Collection Title Year
A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music
Containing a variety of admired airs never before Published, and also The Compositions of Conolan and Carolan; Collected from the Harpers &c. in the different Provinces of IRELAND and adapted for the Piano-Forte, with a Prefatory Introduction by Edward Bunting (Vol. 1.)
1797
A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland
Arranged for the Piano Forte; some of the most admired Melodies are adapted for the voice, To Poetry chiefly translated from the Original Irish Songs, by Thomas Campbell Esq. and other eminent poets: To which is prefixed a Historical and Critical Dissertation on the Egyptian, British and Irish Harp by Edward Bunting. (Vol: 1st)
1811
The Ancient Music of Ireland
Arranged for the Piano Forte. To which is prefixed a dissertation on THE IRISH HARP AND HARPERS, including an account of the old melodies of Ireland. By Edward Bunting.
1840