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"But the little roads of Cloonagh are dearer far to me.."

The Little Waves of Breffney

 

first few bars of sheet music of little waves of Breffney fading out into a circle. Instructions 'Broadly'>

 

15: The Little Waves of Breffny

Recording Artists: Iain Burnside & Andrew Kennedy

Eva Gore-Booth was an Irish poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist. Both she and her sister Constance reacted to their privileged background and committed themselves to social reform.

At the end of her life Gore-Booth was a neighbour of the Shaws, living in Hampstead.

 

portrait of Mischa Leon strong features and black wavy hair

Shaw’s dedication is To Mischa-Léon (1889 - 1928), pictured right, the Danish tenor who had settled in London.

Mischa was married to the Canadian soprano Pauline Donalda.

 

 

 

 

 

AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE SHEET MUSIC
Eva Gore-Booth (1872 - 1926) JB Cramer 1924 currently out of print