Edward Bunting

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Edward Bunting (1773-1843) was an Irish musician and folk song collector. Bunting was born in County Armagh. At the age of seven he was sent to study music at Drogheda and at eleven he was apprenticed to William Ware, organist at St. Anne's church in Belfast and lived with the family of Henry Joy McCracken. At nineteen he was engaged to transcribe music from oral-tradition harpists at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1792.

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Born:
January 1, 1773
Died:
December 21, 1843

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