Sir, - Beethoven's composition of Irish jigs was recently in the news. Additionally, he prepared arrangements of several Irish traditional tunes, among them Kitty of Coleraine. Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto contains elements of The Sash My Father Wore and his "Three variations on an Irish air", opus 105 no. 4, was based on the Irish melody The Last Rose of Summer", also used in Flotow's opera Martha and Mendelssohn's "Fantasies". -Yours, etc.,
Conor O'Kelly, Booterstown, Co Dublin.