Download or read book Johnny O Leary of Sliabh Luachra written by Terry Moylan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Johnny O Leary of Sliabh Luachra written by Terry Moylan and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnny O'Leary, master-instrumentalist, composer and performer, custodian of a huge repertoire of tunes adapted by The Chieftains, De Dannan and Planxty among others, blends Sliabh Luachra airs with older Kerry music, and is hailed as one of its finest exponents. Polkas, slides, reels, jigs and hornpipes make up the tune-sources for this collection; their names alone celebrate places and events, as well as friends, neighbours and associates; they replenish a living tradition, orally transmitted and regionally rooted in popular culture, in which dance and music form twin strands in the fabric of rural community life.
Download or read book Stone Mad for Music written by Donal Hickey and published by Marino Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of music and traditions of tis distinctive region of county Kerry.
Download or read book The Companion to Irish Traditional Music written by Fintan Vallely and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Companion to Irish Traditional Music is not just the ideal reference for the interested enthusiast and session player, it also provides a unique resource for every library, school and home with an interest in the distinctive rituals, qualities and history of Irish traditional music and song."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry written by Drew Beisswenger and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two southern most counties in Ireland, Cork and Kerry, have legendary music and dance traditions. on the border of these two counties, a rural area called Sliabh Luachra is especially well-known for its fiddle tunes and itinerant fiddle teachers. When speaking of this area's fiddle music, some describe a special lilt or backbeat, or they talk about the special role of set dances, but the most often expressed quality relates to the frequent use of slides and polkas. This book features transcriptions of 107 tunes as played by three of the region's most distinguished fiddlers: Pádraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, and Connie O'Connell. Each fiddler is profiled, followed by a collection of meticulously transcribed tunes and annotations. an accompanying CD includes 30 of these tunes played solo by Connie O'Connell.
Download or read book The Fiddler s Fakebook written by David Brody and published by Oak Publications. This book was released on 1983-01-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author’s preface: “This book was conceived four years ago, almost to the day, at a time when I was teaching fiddle and mandolin in New York City. It was my idea then, with my students in mind, to compile a book of the most often played, most important and most interesting fiddle tunes from the various Celtic and North American traditions. The tunes were chosen by cataloging a large number of recordings by tune title. A tally was taken to find out which had been recorded most often. This established a foundation of material that could not be left out. To this list I added the names of other pieces which had not been recorded as frequently, but which I knew were played regularly and with respect. I admit to sprinkling the collection with a few lesser known tunes which happen to be personal favorites, but I am sure they will hold their own when placed next to the old war horses of the fiddler’s repertoire. . . . Although I started out with my students in mind this book has turned out to be the book that I’ve always wanted and I hope that it will serve the advanced player as well as the beginner.”
Download or read book The Age of Revolution written by Terry Moylan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a compilation of songs, poems and tunes set in Ireland over the four decades between the American Revolution and the Battle of Waterloo. It demonstrates how the events of those years inspired literary effort in each generation. The material is drawn from tradition and from print and manuscript collecton. The print collections include contemporary and early sources: the various editions of Paddy's Resource, Watty Cox's Irish Magazine and Madden's Literary Remains of the United Irishmen and all available collections of songs and music have been examined to identify suitable material. Many of the traditional songs have been notated directly from singers, representing a considerable addition to the literature of traditional song.
Download or read book P draig O Keeffe and the Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Tradition written by Matt CRANITCH and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Padraig O'Keeffe (1887-1963), probably the greatest musician from the Sliabh Luachra area of southwest Ireland, is a major name in the world of Irish traditional music, particularly fiddle-playing. It was primarily after his death that he came to greater prominence as one of the most important figures in this music. His seminal influence is to be heard today through the rich tradition of music he passed on, directly by means of his own playing and through his manuscripts, which were written in his special notation systems, as well as indirectly through his teaching of so many of the great Sliabh Luachra players. This book is a comprehensive examination of his life and music, undertaken from a number of different perspectives: the context of the area in which he lived, played and taught; the local repertoire of tunes, having regard to the functional aspects of the music; biographical details of the various periods of his life; his role in transmitting the music tradition of his own locality; the systems of music notation that he used; his legacy of notated tunes; his own fiddle-playing in terms of its specific stylistic features as well as within the wider milieu of Irish traditional music.
Download or read book Sliabh Luachra Music Masters written by Dan Herlihy and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sive written by John B. Keane and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sive is a young and beautiful orphan who lives with her uncle Mike, his wife Mena and his mother Nanna. A local matchmaker, Thomasheen Seán Rua, wants Sive to marry an old man called Sean Dóta. Thomasheen convinces Mike and Mena to organise the marriage. They will receive a sum of two hundred pounds as soon as she marries him. However, Sive is in love with a young man, Liam Scuab. But Liam is not suitable and is refused permission to marry Sive. Sive is distraught but is forced to do the will of her uncle and his bitter wife. Faced with an unthinkable future she takes the only choice left to her. Set against the harsh poverty and difficult times of 1950s Ireland, Sive caused considerable controversy on its debut in February 1959. Since then it has become an established part of Ireland's theatrical canon.
Download or read book Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician written by Jessica Cawley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coupling the narratives of twenty-two Irish traditional musicians alongside intensive field research, Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician explores the rich and diverse ways traditional musicians hone their craft. It details the educational benefits and challenges associated with each learning practice, outlining the motivations and obstacles learners experience during musical development. By exploring learning from the point of view of the learners themselves, the author provides new insights into modern Irish traditional music culture and how people begin to embody a musical tradition. This book charts the journey of becoming an Irish traditional musician and explores how musicality is learned, developed, and embodied.
Download or read book The Indignant Muse written by Terry Moylan and published by Lilliput Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indignant Muse (the title comes from a poem by Roger Casement) is a powerful collection of poems and songs that nurtured and reflected Ireland's cultural and political revolution between the formation of the Gaelic League and the end of Civil War. The Easter Rising is central in the story, flanked by the founding of the Irish Volunteers, Dublin Lockout and Howth gun-running, including the two wars in which Ireland's soldiers fought - the Boer War and First World War - and the vigorous opposition to Irish involvement in both. Resistance to recruitment and conscription, the Home Rule controversy, the rise of Sinn Féin and eclipse of the Irish Parliamentary Party are encompassed, with the War of Independence and the Civil War marking Ireland's coming-of-age through armed struggle.
Download or read book The Neighbourhood of Dublin written by Weston St. John Joyce and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irish Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments written by Grey E. Larsen and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, comes 300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments. These 300 tunes, selected from among the author's favorites, are notated in a style that makes them accessible to players of fiddle, flute, whistle, accordion, concertina, harp, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, banjo, uilleann pipes - to all melody players.Here you will find some of the most beautiful tunes in the storehouse of Irish music - session standards and rare treasures alike - tunes that will help both the performer and the Irish session participant build a vibrant and varied repertoire.Many of the transcriptions pay homage to recordings by famous Irish musicians and groups such as Matt Molloy (of the Chieftains), Martin Hayes, Sharon Shannon, Mary Bergin, Kevin Burke, James Kelly, Willie Clancy, Altan, the Bothy Band and the Mulcahy Family, as well as to early 20th century recordings from revered Irish masters Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran, Dennis Murphy, Bobby Casey, Paddy Canny and others.
Download or read book 100 Irish Tunes for Piano Accordion written by David DiGiuseppe and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Apples in Winter to The Wise Maid, this collection of Irish jigs, reels, and polkas provides beginning to advanced players with a wealth of traditional Irishmusic for solo keyboard accordion. This collection includes a number of tunes transcribed from recordings of not only the keyboard accordion, but also the Irish button box and concertina. Herein too are many of the author's own arrangements. Some of the stellar players whose work appears here are: Jimmy Keane, Phil Cunningham, Alan Kelly, Joe Burke, Jackie Daly, Tom Doherty, Chris Sherburn, Sharon Shannon, and Tony MacMahon. With a basic guide to fingering and rhythm chord symbols included, this book will allow even the novice accordionist to join in a traditional Irish session. The audio features the author's performance of medleys including 21 of the book's 100 selections. Includes access to online audio
Download or read book Two Brothers Two Wars written by Thomas McAlindon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on family recollections, letters and memoirs, the author tells a strange and moving story about the war experiences of his two uncles, from the rat-ridden horrors of the Flanders' trenches to the leech-infested jungle tracks of Burma. Their intertwined lives find resolution in this masterly and consoling narrative.
