Folksongs of Britain and Ireland

Folksongs of Britain and Ireland

Author: Peter Kennedy

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13:

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A treasure trove for anyone interested in the folklore of the British Isles. Illustrated throughout, this lovely collection contains 360 folk songs from field recordings. Includes melody lines, lyrics, and chord symbols. Melody line format.


O'Neill's Music of Ireland

O'Neill's Music of Ireland

Author: Capt. Francis ONeill

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1609741420

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A facsimile edition containing the original collection of 1,850 melodies consisting of airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes, marches, and more for fiddle


Rock and Popular Music in Ireland Before and After U2

Rock and Popular Music in Ireland Before and After U2

Author: Noel McLaughlin

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780716530763

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This volume explores Irish rock's relationship to the wider world of international popular music through detailed analysis of the island's most prominent artists and bands such as U2, Van Morrison, Sinéad O'Connor, The Boomtown Rats, and Horslips - and key musical movements including the beat scene and the folk revival.


Narrative Singing in Ireland

Narrative Singing in Ireland

Author: Hugh Shields

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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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.


Made in Ireland

Made in Ireland

Author: Áine Mangaoang

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0429811853

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Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology and musicology of 20th- and 21st-century Irish popular music. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars in the field and covers the major figures, styles and social contexts of popular music in Ireland. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance to Irish popular music. The book is organized into three thematic sections: Music Industries and Historiographies, Roots and Routes and Scenes and Networks. The volume also includes a coda by Gerry Smyth, one of the most published authors on Irish popular music.


The Big Book of Bluegrass Songs (Songbook)

The Big Book of Bluegrass Songs (Songbook)

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 145848310X

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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). The best collection ever of 70+ bluegrass standards! Includes: Alabama Jubilee * Arkansas Traveler * Bill Cheatham * Blue Moon of Kentucky * Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) * Cripple Creek * Dark Holler * I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow * I Never Will Marry * I Saw the Light * I'll Fly Away * The Long Black Veil * Mule Skinner Blues * Orange Blossom Special * Rocky Top * Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms * Sitting on Top of the World * Wabash Cannonball * Wayfaring Stranger * Wildwood Flower * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * The Wreck of the Old '97 * You Don't Know My Mind * and more.


The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland

The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland

Author: George Petrie

Publisher: Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9781859183014

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Contains all of Petrie's original text, including song texts in Irish and English; the melodies; and his introduction. The text is prefaced with a biographical essay, which positions the collection in the context of Petrie's life and work, and within the broader field of Irish traditional music. The piano accompaniments written by Petrie's daughter, which were included in the original collection have been removed; instead melodies have been restored back to the form in which Petrie originally notated them.