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A group of Black and Tans and Auxiliaries outside the London and North Western Hotel in Dublin following an IRA attack, April 1921 "Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" is an Irish rebel song, written by Dominic Behan, which criticises and satirises pro-British Irishmen and the actions of the British army in its colonial wars.
"Black and Tan Fantasy" is a 1927 jazz composition by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley. The song was recorded several times by Ellington and his Cotton Club band in 1927 for the Brunswick , Victor , and Okeh record labels.
The earliest recorded usage of the term black and tan in the drink context is from 1881, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, in the American magazine Puck. [5] The first recorded British use of the term to describe a drink is from 1889. [5] However, the name "black and tan" is not used in Ireland as a term for
Black and Tans served in all parts of Ireland, but most were sent to southern and western regions where the IRA was most active and fighting was heaviest. [36] By 1921, Black and Tans made up nearly half of all RIC constables in County Tipperary, for example. [36] Few were sent to what became Northern Ireland, however. [36]
Black and Tan is a 1929 short film written and directed by Dudley Murphy. [32] It is set during the contemporary Harlem Renaissance in New York City. It is the first film to feature Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing as a jazz band, and was also the film debut of actress Fredi Washington.
List of pieces using polytonality and/or bitonality.. Samuel Barber. Symphony No. 2 (1944) [citation needed]; Béla Bartók. Mikrokosmos Volume 5 number 125: The opening (mm. 1-76) of "Boating", (actually bimodality) in which the right hand uses pitches of E ♭ dorian and the left hand uses those of either G mixolydian or dorian [1]
"Black and Tan Gun" is a 1966 Irish traditional single written by Mervyn Allen and P. Raymond, and performed by Irish showband singer Pat Smyth and the Johnny Flynn Showband. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lyrics
The English Patient is the original soundtrack, on the Fantasy Records label, of the 1996 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film The English Patient starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche and Colin Firth. The original score and songs were composed by Gabriel Yared.