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(1773-1843)
Bunting was born in County
Armagh, he became an apprentice organist in Belfast at the early
age of eleven, and lived with the family of Henry
Joy McCracken.
In 1792 the Belfast
Harp Festival was organized, it was realized that much of
Irelands traditional music would die out if it were not recorded.
Bunting was employed to note down the tunes as they were played.
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Later he set out on a several tour
of Ulster and Connacht, collecting further specimens of Irish music. His
general collection of Irish music was published in 1796, he later added
to his collection and published several more. Today his books are an important
source of Irish music, and have influences many famous people such as
Henry Moore and Robert Emmet.
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