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A short history of Irish traditional music / Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Dublin : The O'Brien Press, ©2017Description: 208 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781847178732
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Contents:
Introduction: Shifting forms and changing definitions -- Music in early and medieval Ireland -- Tudor and Stuart Ireland -- Jacobites, dancing masters and the penal era -- Music of the exiles: 1700-1830 -- Pipers, spailpíns and patriots: pre-famine Ireland -- Silence in the land of song: post-famine Ireland -- Quebec to the Klondike: the famine diaspora -- Records, radios and halls: 'the new century' -- Ennis, Ó Riada and the Fleadh: a tradition restored -- From Friel's kitchen to the new millenium.
Summary: This guide uncovers the contribution of the Normans to Irish dancing, the role of the music maker in Penal Ireland, as well as the popularity of dance tunes and set dancing from the end of the 18th century. It also follows the music of the Irish diaspora from as far apart as Newfoundland and the music halls of vaudeville to the musical tapestry of Irish America today.
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Originally published as A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music, 1998: The O'Brien Press Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Shifting forms and changing definitions -- Music in early and medieval Ireland -- Tudor and Stuart Ireland -- Jacobites, dancing masters and the penal era -- Music of the exiles: 1700-1830 -- Pipers, spailpíns and patriots: pre-famine Ireland -- Silence in the land of song: post-famine Ireland -- Quebec to the Klondike: the famine diaspora -- Records, radios and halls: 'the new century' -- Ennis, Ó Riada and the Fleadh: a tradition restored -- From Friel's kitchen to the new millenium.

This guide uncovers the contribution of the Normans to Irish dancing, the role of the music maker in Penal Ireland, as well as the popularity of dance tunes and set dancing from the end of the 18th century. It also follows the music of the Irish diaspora from as far apart as Newfoundland and the music halls of vaudeville to the musical tapestry of Irish America today.

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