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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.--book Jacket. 1. Irish Narrative Singing In General -- 2. Lays -- 3. Ballads Old -- 4. The Lyric Songs Of Irish And Their Stories -- 5. Ballads New -- 6. Music -- 7. Singers And Songmakers -- 8. Traditional Singing And The Media -- 9. Narrative Singing Today -- Index Of Songs, Poems, Stories Etc. -- Index Of Singers, Poets, Makers Et Al. Hugh Shields. Includes Bibliographical And Discographical References (p. [259]-273) And Index.

Author

Hugh Shields

Publisher

Tara Books (an imprint of Irish Academic Press Ltd )

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780716525004

Subjects

Music, History, Arts