| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 250 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music |
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American musicspheres |
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American musicspheres.
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| Contents |
1. Sean-nós Singing. Sean-nós singing in theory and practice -- The performance of Sean-nós in connemara |
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2. The Iconic Repertoire. Singing the famine -- The religious laments -- The medieval transformed |
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3. Masculinity in a Musical Context. Irish masculinities : the Irish tenor and the Sean-nós singer -- Fighting words, fighting music : the performative male |
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4. Joe Heaney in America. The Irishman at the threshold -- The folk revival and the search for authenticity |
| Summary |
This book explores the life and performance practices of the Irish sean-nØs singer Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Born in Connemara, Heaney grew up speaking the Irish language on a windswept coastal landscape, where he absorbed a rich oral heritage in Irish and in his second language, English |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984.
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Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984. |
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Sean-nos -- Ireland -- History and criticism
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Singers -- Ireland -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
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Sean-nos.
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Singers.
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Ireland.
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ó Laoire, Lillis, 1961- author.
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| ISBN |
9780199840977 |
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0199840970 |
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9780199893713 |
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0199893713 |
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0199841020 |
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9780199841028 |
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0190469625 |
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9780190469627 |
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