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Focus: Celtic Music of Ireland, Scotland, and Beyond is intended for undergraduate and graduate area studies courses in music, ethnomusicology, anthropology, literature, and Celtic (particularly Irish) Studies. It unfolds as a general study of the Celtic regions (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Bretagne, and the semi-Celtic region of Galicia), then builds a comparative study of the instrumental music traditions of both Ireland and Scotland, and - as the central piece of the text - focuses specifically on Irish song in both Gaelic and English. The two main nations - Ireland and Scotland - share a significant history as colonies of England and as important sources of immigrants to the United States and Canada; in addition, they have much in common in terms of performance practice and instrumental traditions (fiddles, pipes, harps, etc.). The book concludes with a discussion of Irish and Scottish traditions in North America.
List of figures musical examples on compact disc about the author series foreword by michael b. bakan preface part i irish music in place and time 1 looking in from the outside locating ireland in space and time what's in a name? irish musical processes attending an irish music session 2 roots and branches of gaelic ireland prehistoric ireland telling the early stories brigid and patrick the arrival of the vikings and normans the time of the bards 3 hang all harpers where found completing the conquest the soul of a nation the great hunger cultural revival and the celtic twilight ireland since independence part ii music traditions abroad and at home 4 music of the celtic nations scotland celtic britain: wales, northumbria, cornwall, and the isle of man celtic western europe: brittany, galicia 5 the green fields of america the great migration of the scotch-irish searching for home minstrels, music halls, and movies irish music around the world 6 irish instrumental music musical instruments the forms of irish instrumental music matters of style part iii focusing in: vocal music in irish-gaelic and english 7 vocal music in irish-gaelic an introduction to the language sean-nós singing other irish-language songs macaronic songs 8 vocal music in english the english-language ballad in ireland lyric love songs praise songs contemporary songwriting how do they do that? 9 traditional music and dance in a contemporary world competitions and festivals musical notation dancing feet, on and offstage the revival(s) conclusions glossary additional resources listening guide references index focus: irish traditional music is an introduction to the instrumental and vocal traditions of the republic of ireland and northern ireland, as well as irish music in the context of the irish diaspora. the accompanying cd presents both traditional and contemporary sounds of irish music at home and abroad. focus: irish traditional music is an introduction to the instrumental and vocal traditions of 
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List of figures musical examples on compact disc about the author series foreword by michael b. bakan preface part i irish music in place and time 1 looking in from the outside locating ireland in space and time what's in a name? irish musical processes attending an irish music session 2 roots and branches of gaelic ireland prehistoric ireland telling the early stories brigid and patrick the arrival of the vikings and normans the time of the bards 3 hang all harpers where found completing the conquest the soul of a nation the great hunger cultural revival and the celtic twilight ireland since independence part ii music traditions abroad and at home 4 music of the celtic nations scotland celtic britain: wales, northumbria, cornwall, and the isle of man celtic western europe: brittany, galicia 5 the green fields of america the great migration of the scotch-irish searching for home minstrels, music halls, and movies irish music around the world 6 irish instrumental music musical instruments the forms of irish instrumental music matters of style part iii focusing in: vocal music in irish-gaelic and english 7 vocal music in irish-gaelic an introduction to the language sean-nós singing other irish-language songs macaronic songs 8 vocal music in english the english-language ballad in ireland lyric love songs praise songs contemporary songwriting how do they do that? 9 traditional music and dance in a contemporary world competitions and festivals musical notation dancing feet, on and offstage the revival(s) conclusions glossary additional resources listening guide references index focus: irish traditional music is an introduction to the instrumental and vocal traditions of the republic of ireland and northern ireland, as well as irish music in the context of the irish diaspora. the accompanying cd presents both traditional and contemporary sounds of irish music at home and abroad. focus: irish traditional music is an introduction to the instrumental and vocal traditions of 
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