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Author: Sean Williams (Professor of Ethnomusicology, Professor of Ethnomusicology, Evergreen State College) ,
Lillis Ó Laoire (writing instructor, writing instructor, Loyola Marymount University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.60cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9780195321180
ISBN 10: 0195321189
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 14 April 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
rich in detail and interest * Songlines * ...this is a labour not just of love but of theoretically informed expertise and intimate knowledge. It will be a rich resource for ethnomusicology and for questions of migration, identity, and gender, while students of Irish music and oral poetry will find it indispensable. * Angela Bourke, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies *
rich in detail and interest Songlines
rich in detail and interest * Songlines *
An engaging and exhaustive study of the historical developments and social realities that impacted Heaney's attitudes, performance styles, and his eventual rise to prominence as the sean-nos ( old-style ) singer par excellence...an intimate and important look at the life of a major figure in Irish folk music. It is a significant work for ethnomusicologists, folklorists, and scholars of Irish culture, and a fitting tribute to the life and art of Joe Heaney.: --Journal of Folklore Research In Bright Star of the West, Williams and O Laoire have written a text that contextualizes and gives further meaning to the music and life of Joe Heaney. --The New Hibernia Review Authors Sean Williams and Lillis O Laoire [deliver] a book that is layered, beautifully non-teleological, and intimate, like loosely-sutured memories that do not strive to tell the complete social fact, but which instead subtly connect illuminating moments of performance and interpretation. --Ethnomusicology
Author Information
Sean Williams teaches ethnomusicology, Irish Studies, and Asian Studies at The Evergreen State College. She has written and edited several books, including The Sound of the Ancestral Ship: Highland Music of West Java (2001) and Focus: Irish Traditional Music (2010). Lillis 'O Laoire is an award winning Gaelic singer, scholar, and writer from the Gaelic speaking region of Donegal, Ireland. He teaches courses in Gaelic language, culture and folklore at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and his publications include On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean: Songs and Singers in Tory Island, Ireland (2005).
