Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Twentieth Century Publications in Scottish Gaelic
Author: Donald John MacLeodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing
Author: John G. GibsonPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773550615
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The step-dancing of the Scotch Gaels in Nova Scotia is the last living example of a form of dance that waned following the great emigrations to Canada that ended in 1845. The Scotch Gael has been reported as loving dance, but step-dancing in Scotland had all but disappeared by 1945. One must look to Gaelic Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Antigonish County, to find this tradition. Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing, the first study of its kind, gives this art form and the people and culture associated with it the prominence they have long deserved. Gaelic Scotland’s cultural record is by and large pre-literate, and references to dance have had to be sought in Gaelic songs, many of which were transcribed on paper by those who knew their culture might be lost with the decline of their language. The improved Scottish culture depended proudly on the teaching of dancing and the literate learning and transmission of music in accompaniment. Relying on fieldwork in Nova Scotia, and on mentions of dance in Gaelic song and verse in Scotland and Nova Scotia, John Gibson traces the historical roots of step-dancing, particularly the older forms of dancing originating in the Gaelic–speaking Scottish Highlands. He also places the current tradition as a development and part of the much larger British and European percussive dance tradition. With insight collected through written sources, tales, songs, manuscripts, book references, interviews, and conversations, Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing brings an important aspect of Gaelic history to the forefront of cultural debate.
Beatha agus iompachadh Dhùg. Bochannain
Author: Dugald BuchananPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymns, Scottish Gaelic
Languages : gd
Pages : 250
Book Description
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Brown-Burstow
Author: Henry Colin Gray MatthewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
The Literature of the Highlands
Author: Magnus MacleanPublisher: London : Blackie
ISBN:
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The New Companion to Scottish Culture
Author: David DaichesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A compendium of information on Scottish life, work, play and imagination. Over 400 alphabetical articles with over 3500 index entries. When The Companion appeared in 1981 it was hailed as a remarkable achievement: here was the first reference book to cover all the significant aspects of Scottish life, thought and imagination throughout history, with articles on individuals, movements and institutions. This new and completely revised edition takes in the events of the past decade which has seen a flowering of Scottish art, music and literature and a growing awareness that Scotland's rich and diverse culture has much to be celebrated for its distinctiveness. Over 400 articles range from childrens' street games to portrait painting, from eating habits to great industrialists, and from football to the Scottish Enlightenment.
The clan Gillean
Author: Alexander Maclean SinclairPublisher: Alexander Maclean Sinclair
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The clan Gillean
Dictionary of Evangelical Biography
Author: Donald M. LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
This dictionary covers figures of historical, literary or religious significance who flourished between 1730-1860 and were associated with the evangelical movement in the English-speaking world.