Waubonsee Community College

Music in Ireland, experiencing music, expressing culture, Dorothea E. Hast, Stanley Scott

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Music in Ireland

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Dorothea E. Hast, Stanley Scott

Global music series

experiencing music, expressing culture

Music in Ireland is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Music in Ireland provides an engaging and focused introduction to Irish traditional music--types of singing, instrumental music, and dance that reflect the social values and political messages central to Irish identity. This music thrives today not only in Ireland but also in areas throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Vividly evoking Irish sounds, instruments, and dance steps, Music in Ireland provides a springboard for the discussion of cultural and historical issues of identity, community, nationalism, emigration, transmission, and gender. Using the informal instrumental and singing session as a focal point, Dorothea E. Hast and Stanley Scott take readers into contemporary performance environments and explore many facets of the tradition, from the "craic" (good-natured fun) to performance style, repertoire, and instrumentation. Incorporating first-person accounts of performances and interviews with performers and folklorists, the authors emphasize the significant roles that people play in music-making and illuminate national and international musical trends. They also address commercialism, globalization, and cross-cultural collaboration, issues that have become increasingly important as more Irish artists enter the global marketplace through recordings, tours, and large-scale productions like Riverdance. Packaged with a 70-minute CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book, Music in Ireland features guided listening and hands-on activities that allow readers to gain experience in Irish culture by becoming active participants in the music [Publisher description]

Invitation to a Session. What is Traditional Irish Music? ; Basic Themes -- Historical Continuities : Music, Dance, and the Making of a Nation. Colonialism in Ireland ; Dancing and Dance Music ; Music, Religion, and Political Struggle ; Emigration ; Nationalism ; Conclusion -- Passing on the Tradition. Learning by Osmosis : Mary MacNamara and Kevin Crawford ; Competitions ; The Willie Clancy Summer School -- The Dance Tune Tradition. Tune Structure ; Tune Collections ; Tune Aesthetics : Variation and Ornamentation ; Tune Names and Tune Types ; A Tune in Performance : Garrett Barry's Jig ; Instruments ; Solo versus Ensemble Playing : Sessions, Céilí Bands, and Small Groups -- Singers, Sessions, and Songs. The Góilín Singers' Club and the Folk Revival -- The Sean-nós in the New Ireland : Irish Singing Traditions. The Lyrics of Sean-nós ; The Sound of Sean-nós ; A Singer's Mission ; A Linguistic Meeting-Ground : Irish Traditional Songs in English ; Conclusion -- Irish Music in the Global Marketplace. Riverdance ; Black ; New Directions ; ConclusionCD track list -- Invitation to a session. What is traditional Irish music? ; Basic themes -- Historical continuities: music, dance, and the making of a nation. Colonialism in Ireland ; Dancing and dance music ; Music, religion, and political struggle ; Emigration ; Nationalism ; Conclusion -- Passing on the tradition. Learning by osmosis: Mary MacNamara and Kevin Crawford ; Competitions ; The Willie Clancy summer school -- The dance tune tradition. Tune structure ; Tune collections ; Tune aesthetics: variation and ornamentation ; Tune names and tune types ; A tune in performance: Garrett Barry's jig ; Instruments ; Solo versus ensemble playing: sessions, Céilí bands, and small groups -- Singers, sessions, and song. The Góilín Singers' Club and the folk revival -- The Sean-nós in the new Ireland: Irish singing traditions. The lyrics of Sean-nós ; The sound of Sean-nós ; A singer's mission ; A linguistic meeting-ground: Irish traditional songs in English ; Conclusion -- Irish music in the global marketplace. Riverdance ; Black ; New directions ; Conclusion