# Coronach

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{{Short description|Part of keening at a Gaelic ceremony}}
{{Other uses}}

A '''coronach''' (also written '''coranich''', '''corrinoch''', '''coranach''', '''cronach''', etc.) is the Scottish Gaelic equivalent of the Gol,<ref>{{cite book|last=Purser|first=John|title=Scotland's Music|year=1981|publisher=Mainstream|pages=296–297}}</ref> being the third part of a round of [keening](/source/keening), the traditional improvised singing at a death, wake or funeral in the [Highlands of Scotland](/source/Highlands_of_Scotland) and in [Ireland](/source/Ireland).<ref>{{cite book|last=Ó Madagáin|first=Breandán|title=Caointe agus Seancheolta Eile / Keening and other old Irish music|year=2005|publisher=Cló Iar-Chonnachta|pages=14 & 84}}</ref> Though observers have reported hearing such songs in Ireland or in the Scottish Highlands, and melodies have been noted down and printed since the 18th century, audio recordings are rare; not only was the practice dying out or being suppressed through the 19th century, but it was also considered by its practitioners to have been a very personal and spiritual practice, not suitable for performance or recording.

The Scottish border ballad ''[The Bonny Earl of Murray](/source/The_Bonny_Earl_of_Murray)'' is supposedly composed in the tradition of the coronach.

[Schubert](/source/Schubert)'s [Opus 52](/source/Ave_Maria_(Schubert)) No 4 (D 836), which uses words from [Sir Walter Scott](/source/Sir_Walter_Scott)'s ''[Lady of the Lake](/source/Lady_of_the_Lake)'' in an arrangement for female choir with piano accompaniment, bears the title ''Coronach''.

==In popular culture==
* [Progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock) group [Jethro Tull](/source/Jethro_Tull_(band)) released, with [Dee Palmer](/source/Dee_Palmer), a single called "Coronach" in 1986. The single was used as the theme tune to the [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) programme "The Blood Of The British".
* [Melodic death metal](/source/Melodic_death_metal) band [Eternal Tears of Sorrow](/source/Eternal_Tears_of_Sorrow) have a song entitled "Coronach" on their 1998 album, ''[Vilda Mánnu](/source/Vilda_M%C3%A1nnu)''.
* [Death metal](/source/Death_metal) band [Hate Eternal](/source/Hate_Eternal) have an instrumental song entitled "Coronach" as the last song on their 2008 album, ''Fury and Flames''. (The album as a whole is dedicated to [Jared Anderson](/source/Jared_Anderson_(heavy_metal_musician)), a deceased friend and former bandmate of band leader [Erik Rutan](/source/Erik_Rutan).)
* Scottish [black](/source/black_metal)/[speed metal](/source/speed_metal) band [Hellripper](/source/Hellripper) have released an album titled ''Coronach''.

==References==
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Coronach|volume=7|page=185}}
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