Faerie Music

Classical
• Schubert's The Erl-Konig, Goethe's poem set to music
• Silcher's The Loreley (1837), Heine's poem set to music
• Mendelsohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, based on the Shakespeare play, of course.
• Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King from the Peer Gynt suite.

Traditional
• The Fairies Hornpipe ( Hear the Tune)
• The Fairy Queen
• The Fairy Dance: a reel [Ireland]
• Si Beag, Si Mor (Hear the tune) [Leitrim, Ireland]
• Crodh Chailein [South Uist, Scotland]
• Mo chùbhrachain [South Uist, Scotland]

Modern Recordings
• Heather Alexander, "The Stolen Child" from the album Wanderlust.
• Clannad, "The Fairy Queen", an instrumental from the album Magical Ring.
• Deanta, "Cold Grey Fairyland" from the album Deanta.
• Enya, "Fairytale", an instrumental from the album The Celts. Say the liner notes: "This is based on the story of the Fairy King Midir and his love for the beautiful princess Etain."
• Loreena McKennitt, "Stolen Child", from the album Elemental. This is the famous Yeats poem set to music. Very lovely.
• Robin Williamson, "The Pooka", an instrumental from the album A Glint at the Kindling.

Child Ballads
Number 37, Thomas the Rhymer
• Steeleye Span, "Thomas the Rhymer" from the album Now We are Six.
• Robin Williamson, "Thomas the Rhymer" from the album Five Celtic Tales of Enchantment.
Number 39, Tam Lin
• The Watersons, "Tam Lyn" from the album for pence and spicy ale. Rendered without accompaniment. Very traditional.
• Fairport Convention, "Tam Lin" from the album Liege and Leaf. Too electric for my tastes.
• Steeleye Span, "Tam Lin" from the album Tonight's the Night
• Tempest, "Tam Lin"

I also recommend you read the essay "The Music of Faery" by Terri Windling, in Realms of Fantasy (issue 2, December 1994). It also appears in the Book of Ballads and Sagas (issue 1, October 1995).
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