The High Caul Cap
Title | The High Caul Cap PDF eBook |
Author | Medbh McGuckian |
Publisher | Gallery Press (IRL) |
Total Pages | 79 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | English poetry |
ISBN | 9781852355449 |
This moving book examines 'the holy land of the body' and represents 'a search for a safe place'. Art helps resolve intense emotional and mental disturbance as Medbh McGuckian perfects a balancing act. Through the alchemy of her art she transmutes lament into love song.
Songs of Erinn
Title | Songs of Erinn PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Joseph McCall |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 170 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Irish ballads and songs (English) |
ISBN |
Tocher
Title | Tocher PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Folk songs, Scots |
ISBN |
Sources of Irish Traditional Music c. 1600-1855
Title | Sources of Irish Traditional Music c. 1600-1855 PDF eBook |
Author | Aloys Fleischman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 710 |
Release | 2016-12-05 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1135810257 |
First Published in 1998. Irish traditional music is one of the richest treasuries of folk music in the world. Being an oral tradition, much of it has already been lost, and what has been recorded is only partially available in isolated collections. Until now, no composite picture has yet been presented, showing its remarkable range and diversity over four centuries. This volume covers Irish materials in general collections up to 1800 and in Irish collections up to and including Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland (1855).The purposes of the project are to identify Irish dance tunes and songs; to present the scholar with a mass of material showing the evolution of the Irish vocal and instrumental folk style, period by period, from the earliest recorded tune up to the middle of the last century; to put into circulation many of the splendid airs which were lost but have now been located. Some 6,000 songs and dance tunes are presented, also including Scottish and English tunes. Included are Scottish tunes that were used by 18th-century Irish poets for their verses, and both English and Scottish tunes that are still current among Irish traditional musicians. Tunes of present-day currency which do not seem to be included may still be located by comparing their first 12 notes in the thematic index at the end of the volume.To make the vast array of material readily available, an index allows readers to locate a tune by its melodic incipit, by any of its titles, or by the first line of its text. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Irish songs noted up to the end of the last century lack texts, since the collectors were ignorant of the Irish language. But almost every other facet is covered-provenance, tonality structure, and variants.
Hangman's House
Title | Hangman's House PDF eBook |
Author | Donn Byrne |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 506 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Ireland |
ISBN |
The Complete Plays
Title | The Complete Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Brendan Behan |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Total Pages | 388 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780802130709 |
This work includes Behan's complete dramatic works in English, three-full length plays and three one-act plays, with biographical details on Behan and the Irish Republican Movement.
Irish Peasants
Title | Irish Peasants PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Clark |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | 472 |
Release | 2003-06-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780299093747 |
"The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemisation of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the newly-recognised landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period. . . . The importance, even indispensability, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing."—Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement "As a whole, the volume demonstrates the wealth, complexity, and sophistication of Irish rural studies. The book is essential reading for anyone involved in modern Irish history. It will also serve as an excellent introduction to this rich field for scholars of other peasant communities and all interested in problems of economic and political developments."—American Historical Review "A milestone in the evolution of Irish social history. There is a remarkable consistency of style and standard in the essays. . . . This is truly history from the grassroots."—Timothy P. O'Neill, Studia Hibernica