Person Open DS/UK/15547 Davey; Shaun (1948-); Irish composer Davey Shaun 1948- Irish composer Male

Married to Irish singer Rita Connelly Shaun Davey (born 1948) is an Irish composer. Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948 and attended Rockport School in County Down. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others. He worked as a composer of advertising jingles, including "The Pride of the Herd" for the National Dairy Council. Davey's reputation is built on four large-scale concert works based on Irish history, all using uilleann pipes and folk tunes:- 1."The Brendan Voyage" (1980) 2."The Pilgrim" (1983) . 3."Granuaile" (1985) 4."The Relief of Derry Symphony" (1990) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 4/24/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 dbff5d90-b90c-421c-990f-89fbb7312e4a