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From valiant pioneers struggling against the tide to confident, highly individual twenty-first-century voices, The Invisible Art highlights the difficulties musical creators faced in securing a clearly defined place in wider Irish society. This book brings to life the music of a nation: from Rhoda Coghill's cantata Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, to Gerald Barry's irreverent operatic adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The views of the composers themselves are coupled with contributions by leading interpreters and experts to make for a rich narrative in this lavishly illustrated homage to an underappreciated art. Published in association with RT and Bord na M na, and with pieces commissioned from an array of expert writers covering this key period in Irish musical composition, this lavishly illustrated book will bring to life this unique art form in Ireland across the last century. It is edited by Irish Times music critic Michael Dervan and produced in conjunction with the music festival Composing the Island, a three-week-long festival featuring music written between 1916 and 2016, presented by Bord na M na in association with RT and the National Concert Hall. Readers will find The Invisible Art to be a work of outstanding artistic and cultural merit, and a must-have on any music lover's bookshelf. [Subject: Music History, Music Studies, Irish Studies]

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About the Contributors MICHAEL DERVAN is Ireland’s most widely read music writer. He edited the music magazines Soundpost and Music Ireland. He has been Music Critic of The Irish Times since 1986 and won the first AT Cross Critic of the Year Award in 1988. His radio series, Countdown, Sampling the Century, a 100- programme, year-by-year survey of the music of the twentieth century, was broadcast on RTÉ Lyric FM in 1999. He has contributed widely to publications at home and abroad, including the Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland. The Invisible Art also has a host of high-profile authors from the world of music, including Kevin O’Connell, head of composition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Proinnsías Ó Duinn, conductor laureate for the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and David Harrington, leader of the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet. There are also contributions from members of Aosdána, Carnegie Hall, and the Royal Academy of Music, sopranos and conductors, as well as lecturers and heads of music departments from academic institutions such as Trinity College, University College Dublin and London University.

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