Download or read book Narrative Singing in Ireland written by Hugh Shields and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative Singing in Ireland is a definitive account of Irish traditions of singing as a storytelling art. Of interest to scholars and general readers, this book examines the varied associations of song and story in Ireland and why people sing as they do. It ranges from ballads in English, through Irish Heroic songs - of Fionn mac Cumhaill, Deirdre, the Big Fool and others, sung from earliest times to the present - to ballads of European tradition with the lyric songs of Irish. Written in a lively and entertaining style, it includes chapters on: Irish narrative singing in general, Lays, Ballads - old and new, the lyric songs of Irish and their stories, Singers and songmakers, Traditional singing and the media and Narrative singing today.

Download or read book Irish Popular Songs with English and Metrical Translations and Introductory Remarks and Notes written by Edward Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Broad Sheet Ballads written by Padraic Colum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Broad-Sheet Ballads: Being a Collection of Irish Popular Songs Our popular songs in English begin with translations from the Gaelic. The people before the Famine had music as part of their lives, and they were constantly sing ing the songs out of their great traditional stock. When English began to be used familiarly in a district the songs most Often sung at the celidh, the dance and the wake were translated. The words that took the place of the Gaelic words kept the rhythm of the music. One might describe the process of translation as agradual transference from one language to another with the music remaining to keep the mould. Sometimes the song was left with alternative stanzas in Gaelic and English, and sometimes Gaelic words were left as a refrain. Originals and translations remained side by Side, and one was only a little more or a little less familiar than the other. The mother ofcarleton the novelist preferred to sing her songs in Gaelic, saying that the English words with the Irish tunes were like a quarrelling husband and wife, always at variance. The gradual transference left certain typical forms in anglo-irish popular song. For instance, there is in many of the pieces given on the ballad-sheets a rhythm that comes from an association with Irish music On the blood-crimsoned plain the Irish Brigade nobly stood, They fought at Orleans till the streams they ran with their blood, Far away from their homes in the arms of death they repose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Popular Irish Songs written by Florence Leniston and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprints. Originally published 1808-1914 (various publishers).

Download or read book The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs written by Julia Bishop and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Spectator's Books of the Year 2012 'Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain For we've received orders for to sail for old England But we hope in a short while to see you again' One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. They have thrived when sung on a whim to a handful of friends in a pub; they have bewitched generations of English composers who have set them for everything from solo violin to full orchestra; they are sung in concerts, festivals, weddings, funerals and with nobody to hear but the singer. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning. Published in cooperation with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, it is a worthy successor to Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L.Lloyd's original Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. 'Her keen eye did glitter like the bright stars by night The robe she was wearing was costly and white Her bare neck was shaded with her long raven hair And they called her pretty Susan, the pride of Kildare' In association with EFDSS, the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Download or read book Irish Songs and Ballads written by Charles Villiers Stanford and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of Irish Ballads written by Denis Florence MacCarthy and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Narrative Singing in Ireland written by Hugh Shields and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative Singing in Ireland is a definitive account of Irish traditions of singing as a storytelling art. Of interest to scholars and general readers, this book examines the varied associations of song and story in Ireland and why people sing as they do. It ranges from ballads in English, through Irish Heroic songs - of Fionn mac Cumhaill, Deirdre, the Big Fool and others, sung from earliest times to the present - to ballads of European tradition with the lyric songs of Irish. Written in a lively and entertaining style, it includes chapters on: Irish narrative singing in general, Lays, Ballads - old and new, the lyric songs of Irish and their stories, Singers and songmakers, Traditional singing and the media and Narrative singing today.

Download or read book The Songs of Ireland Edited by M J Barry written by Michael Joseph BARRY and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Old Irish Folk Music and Songs written by Patrick W. Joyce and published by New York : Cooper Square Publishers. This book was released on 1965 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Ballad Poetry of Ireland written by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (K.C.M.G.) and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Danny Boy written by Malachy McCourt and published by Running Press. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone can hum this haunting Irish ballad that inevitably brings a tear to the eye. The most requested Irish song, it has been recorded by a variety of performers ranging from Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, and Kate Smith to the Pogues. The complete story of this moving tune has been shrouded in mystery until now. Where did "Danny Boy" originate, who actually wrote the lyrics, and is it even Irish? Acclaimed novelist, actor, memoirist, screenwriter, playwright, and raconteur, Malachy McCourt, turns his Irish eye to the song's complex history and myths in an eloquent ode to this classic. He traces the evolution of the music, which is one of more than 100 songs composed to the very same tune, including the familiar "Londonderry Air," and explores the enduring mystique of "Danny Boy" in an unforgettable tribute that brilliantly weaves history with folklore.