Talk:Ashokan Farewell

Makes no sense
How can it be coming out of "a sense of loss and longing" after the annual Ashokan Music & Dance Camps ended, when it was played regularly AT the Ashokan Music & Dance Camps? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.247.115 (talk) 15:12, 13 October 2022 (UTC)


 * If you have concrete suggestion for improving the article, please make it here.  My understanding is that it the "loss and longing" is at the end of the camps' annual run, and not their ending altogether.  Cheers. Dumuzid (talk) 15:14, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Midi file
Why include a link to a .midi file? It doesn't do the song justice. --KoopaTroopa211 23:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It's so civil war buffs can use it as a ring tone. -150.203.95.122 05:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree the midi file isn't very good, but absent a file that is allowable (due to copyright issues), at least folks who aren't that familiar with the song can get a sense of it. Akradecki 15:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * So how is copyright violation by MIDI better than copyright violation by MP3? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.154.252.197 (talk) 20:08, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Question
Can any musicians out there tell me if this tune is just a slower version with some variation on "dancing with Kyle", when I hear the Ashokan Farewell I always start singing the other! http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-Daft-On-Scottish-Songs-Volume-1-MP3-Download/11131827.html

It's not an original tune. It is a combination of "Irishman's Heart to the Ladies", "Dancing with Kyle", and "Ookpik Waltz". Of course, dozens of waltzes in that old-time style sound pretty much alike. 69.122.158.213 (talk) 03:02, 9 April 2011 (UTC)captcrisis

LYRICS FOR ASHOKAN FAREWEL
The melody for Ashokan Farewell is so beautiful; Are there any published lyrics for the piece? If so;who is the Lyricist? tomhillwales@yahoo.co.uk 84.13.147.88 (talk) 03:42, 3 May 2010 (UTC).

Re: Question from IP 211.30.236.130
I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE MAIN "THEME" OR TUNE OF "ASHOKAN FAREWELL" IS VERY CLOSELY BASED ON THE MELODY OF THE "CRADLE SONG " BY JAMES SCOTT SKINNER, A 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY SCOTTISH VIOLINIST, COMPOSER AND DANCING MASTER. THE RESEMBLANCE IS SO CLOSE THAT ONE MAY WONDER HOW JAY UNGAR CAN MAINTAIN THAT THE "ASHOKAN FAREWELL" MELODY IS ORIGINAL TO HIM. ANY COMMENTS?

CLASSICAL BUFF, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 211.30.236.130 (talk)
 * I don't hear much similarity when I listened to a version of the song you mentioned on youtube. That being said, unless there is a reliable source covering any such similarity, its not relevant to the article. Caidh (talk) 18:57, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

What I notice is the resemblance to the most frequently-heard civil war tune in Ken Burns' series, the Battle Cry of Freedom, as if it were a slower variation on it.Eameece (talk) 12:59, 30 September 2015 (UTC)