Talk:A Gaelic Blessing

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Did you know... that John Rutter's choral composition A Gaelic Blessing associates "deep peace" with elements of nature?

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Gaelic?

Is there actually a Gaelic original, or is this an English composition "in the spirit of" what the author feels is a Celtic composition? I'm looking through the sources, and the latter seems to be the case. If there is a "Gaelic rune" original, please add it. I'm doing some cleanup to align with sourcing. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 21:55, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How would we know? The title is A Gaelic Blessing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:17, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not hard; I've googled some of the lyrics in Gaelic, with no results. I think he wrote it in English, and was, well, creative in his backstory. The inspiration is clear, but I don't see any evidence of a Gaelic original that he translated or wrote. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 23:32, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't hear me: It is a title, says nothing about the language. Perhaps it means a Gaelic-inspired blessing, but - repeating - how would we know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:48, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I heard you :) , I just don't agree. The point is, "Gaelic" means something. I found what many feel he was referring to as "the Gaelic rune." It's by William Sharp (writer) / Fiona MacLeod (The Dominion of Dreams: Under the Dark Star By William Sharp, p.423). It's not in Gaelic either. I'll add the cite. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 00:04, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Let me clarify: in the Gaelic literary tradition, when you say there's an original you translated, you cite what it was, and you are conservative with any modifications. If you change stuff, you note what you changed. His having never specified the source, among other things, indicated to those who actually are involved in things Gaelic that he wanted to use "Gaelic" to just mean something vaguely connected to the romantic revival. We have stuff on the 'pedia about that; it's just important that we make it clear which things are which. Slàn, - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 00:13, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]