I wish someone could upload the full set of seven piano concerti by Field which O'conor recorded some 30 years ago. There is no doubt in my mind that apart from inventing the nocturne, and teaching chopin and liszt how to play the piano among other things , Field was the greatest British composer of all. When he played his first concerto at the king's Hall in london in 1799 Ireland was of course British.
@@joekavanagh7171 Not true, Joe. The British government had to give Eire independence in order for it to cease being part of the Commonwealth in 1929. I agree the Irish never considered themselves British, but the rest of the world did. I'm a good example of that sort of thing myself. I do not consider myself British just because I was born there in 1942 when my non-British father was serving with his country's troops against the Nazis. My public school called me English until I left in 1960 but I always maintained I was Korean. I had 3 passports with full nationality, UK, Australian and Korean at age 15 so where did I belong?
@@moiAntonin the British government had to give Ireland independence because the Irish people did not want to be British. Over the centuries they had fought several revolutions to get rid of British rule, and finally succeeded in 1922. It doesn't matter what the rest of the world thought. It was your own Duke of Wellington, denying his Irish birth, who said "Just because a man is born in a stable, it does not make him a horse".
@@joekavanagh7171Joe, that would mean Scotland was never British either as they certainly never consented to recognising William 3 as king. but then you could argue all Brits are really Normans etc. public consent has never been taken into account in this type of debate. Look at Afghanistan today. Did the locals say "Hi Taliban, come on in and deny us our human rights"?
@@moiAntonin Scotland actually is British because its people voted (albeit narrowly) in the last referendum to remain in the UK. It might be a different story next time following Brexit
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I wish someone could upload the full set of seven piano concerti by Field which O'conor recorded some 30 years ago. There is no doubt in my mind that apart from inventing the nocturne, and teaching chopin and liszt how to play the piano among other things , Field was the greatest British composer of all. When he played his first concerto at the king's Hall in london in 1799 Ireland was of course British.
Ireland may have been occupied by Britain, but it was never British, just like France was never German, even when occupied by the Nazis
@@joekavanagh7171 Not true, Joe. The British government had to give Eire independence in order for it to cease being part of the Commonwealth in 1929. I agree the Irish never considered themselves British, but the rest of the world did. I'm a good example of that sort of thing myself. I do not consider myself British just because I was born there in 1942 when my non-British father was serving with his country's troops against the Nazis. My public school called me English until I left in 1960 but I always maintained I was Korean. I had 3 passports with full nationality, UK, Australian and Korean at age 15 so where did I belong?
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@@moiAntonin the British government had to give Ireland independence because the Irish people did not want to be British. Over the centuries they had fought several revolutions to get rid of British rule, and finally succeeded in 1922. It doesn't matter what the rest of the world thought. It was your own Duke of Wellington, denying his Irish birth, who said "Just because a man is born in a stable, it does not make him a horse".
@@moiAntonin if you want to be Korean, then you are Korean. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.
Antoninus Eve. Ireland became British on January 1st 1801 when the Act of Union came into force. Field was therefore not British.
Ireland was never British, because its people never consented to be British
@@joekavanagh7171Joe, that would mean Scotland was never British either as they certainly never consented to recognising William 3 as king. but then you could argue all Brits are really Normans etc. public consent has never been taken into account in this type of debate. Look at Afghanistan today. Did the locals say "Hi Taliban, come on in and deny us our human rights"?
@@moiAntonin Scotland actually is British because its people voted (albeit narrowly) in the last referendum to remain in the UK. It might be a different story next time following Brexit