Author: Publisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Irish Fireside Songs: Patriotic ballads
Author: Sam Henry's Songs of the People
Author: Gale HuntingtonPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336254
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The story of Ireland—its graces and shortcomings, triumphs and sorrows—is told by ballads, dirges, and humorous songs of its common people. Music is a direct and powerful expression of Irish folk culture and an aspect of Irish life beloved throughout the rest of the world. Incredibly, the largest single gathering of Irish folk songs had been almost inaccessible because, originally newspaper based, it was available in only three libraries, in Belfast, Dublin, and Washington D.C. Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” makes the music available to a wider audience than the collector ever imagined. Comprising nearly 690 selections, this thoroughly annotated and indexed collection is a treasure for anyone who performs, composes, studies, collects, or simply enjoys folk music. It is valuable as an outstanding record of Irish folk songs before World War II, demonstrating the historical ties between Irish and Southern folk culture and the tremendous Irish influence on American folk music. In addition to the songs themselves and their original commentary, Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” includes a glossary, bibliography, discography, index of titles and first lines, melodic index, index of the original sources of the songs and information about them, geographical index of sources, and three appendixes related to the original song series in the Northern Constitution.
Irish Fireside Songs
Author: Patrick Joseph McCallPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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The Liberties
Author: Maurice CurtisPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075249032X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Following the murder of Thomas á Becket, King Henry II came to Ireland. He decreed that an abbey be founded close to the present-day St Catherine's church, Thomas Street, Dublin, in Becket's memory, and the monks that founded it were to be free from city taxes and rates. This 'Liberty' expanded and took in the part of Dublin which today is known as the Liberties, one of Dublin's oldest and most interesting parts of the capital, occupying a unique place in Ireland's social and cultural history. In this book, author Maurice Curtis explores this fascinating history and its significance to the people of Dublin.
Songs of the Gael
Author: Padruik BreathnachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Gaodhal
Author: Irish American Civil War Songs
Author: Catherine V. BatesonPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807178381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Irish-born and Irish-descended soldiers and sailors were involved in every major engagement of the American Civil War. Throughout the conflict, they shared their wartime experiences through songs and song lyrics, leaving behind a vast trove of ballads in songbooks, letters, newspaper publications, wartime diaries, and other accounts. Taken together, these songs and lyrics offer an underappreciated source of contemporary feelings and opinions about the war. Catherine V. Bateson’s Irish American Civil War Songs provides the first in-depth exploration of Irish Americans’ use of balladry to portray and comment on virtually every aspect of the war as witnessed by the Irish on the front line and home front. Bateson considers the lyrics, themes, and sentiments of wartime songs produced in America but often originating with those born across the Atlantic in Ireland and Britain. Her analysis gives new insight into views held by the Irish migrant diaspora about the conflict and the ways those of Irish descent identified with and fought to defend their adopted homeland. Bateson’s investigation of Irish American song lyrics within the context of broader wartime experiences enhances our understanding of the Irish contribution to the American Civil War. At the same time, it demonstrates how Irish songs shaped many American balladry traditions as they laid the foundation of the Civil War’s musical soundscape.
The Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Written by Himself and Extracted from His Journals. From the American Edition of His Life and Works, Edited by His Son, W. T. W. Tone
Author: Theobald Wolfe TONEPublisher:
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Irish Monthly
Author: The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Catalogue of the English Folk Dance and Song Society
Author: Vaughan Williams Memorial LibraryPublisher: [London] : Mansell
ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description