Edmund Keating Hyland
| Edmund Keating Hyland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1780 Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | 1845 (age 65) Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Irish traditional music |
| Occupation(s) | Piper |
| Instrument(s) | uilleann pipes |
| Years active | 1799–1845 |
Edmund Keating Hyland (Irish: Éamonn Céitinn Ó Haoláin; 1780 – 1845) was an Irish uilleann piper of the early 19th century.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Keating Hyland was born in Cahir around 1780. At 15, he was blinded by smallpox. At 20, he studied music theory under John Andrew Stevenson in Dublin.[3]
He composed the famous jig entitled "The Fox Chase" (based on an earlier eight-bar work, Maidrin Ruadh),[4] and performed it before King George IV in 1821.[5][6][7] The king awarded him new pipes worth fifty guineas.[8]
He died in Dublin in 1845, aged 65.[9]
Commemoration[edit]
A statue in bronze of Keating Hyland stands in Cahir's main square, sculpted by Mona Croome Carroll and paid for by Lady Margaret Butler-Charteris.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - The plaque to Edmund Keating Hyland who was a distinguished Piper in Cahir Ireland 14 08 06". Alamy.
- ^ "Comhaltas: Forgotten Pipers of Tipperary". comhaltas.ie.
- ^ O'Neill, Francis (1913). "Chapter XIX - Famous performers on the Irish or Union Pipes in the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth centuries". Irish Minstrels and Musicians. Chicago: Regan Printing House. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Descriptive Piece: 'Drunken Kelly'" (PDF). Eprints.dkit.ie. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ O'Neill, Francis (18 November 1913). "Irish Minstrels and Musicians: With Numerous Dissertations on Related Subjects". Regan Printing House – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Fox Chase (jig) on The Session". Thesession.org. 22 August 2013.
- ^ Morton, David C. (18 November 1993). DeFord Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9780870497926 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Irish Times (Thursday, 1 April 1971), page 15.
- ^ Flood, William Henry Grattan. The story of the bagpipe. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9781176344228 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ginna, Robert Emmett (18 November 2003). The Irish Way: A Walk Through Ireland's Past and Present. Random House. ISBN 9780375504303 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ayers, Lynne (20 January 2016). "Statues & Sculptures/3".