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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Irish music"”.
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Beyond the tune: new Irish music
The Irish musician is in an interesting position in relation to other post-colonial world cultures. As a colonised nation we have much in common with other colonised or formerly colonised peoples but we are also a first world country firmly ensconced as part of the “Western World”. As an Irish …
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Anglo-Irish Music in Cork 1750-1800
Music in Dublin in the eighteenth century has been a rather well researched topic and the subject of a number of books and articles. However, it is only when one tries to discover what life was like for the musicians who chose to live in the country that one realises how little research has been …
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The traditional-contemporary dichotomy in Irish art music : a new compositional approach
The issue of Irish art music has been the subject of much discussion in this past decade and beyond. Since Sean O Riada's exploits into the usage of Irish traditional music in an art music medium, there is thought to have been a fundamental division in Irish art music. Between composers who work …
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The Role of Women in Music in Nineteenth-Century Dublin
… the nineteenth century the position of women in music grew throughout Europe, and Ireland was no exception. In Dublin, women went from participating in the city's musical culture as performers to participating as teachers, composers, organisers, performers and writers. In the first half of the …
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The Army School of Music 1922 - 1940
The Army School of Music is an established, albeit small, component of Irish musical life. It is currently recognized through its four constituent military bands which make their contribution to the Defence Forces and the state much in the manner of bands in other European countries. …
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Nationalism and Music in Ireland
The course of music in Ireland in the last two centuries presents a depressing picture. The creative legacy furnishes little evidence of a race artistically inclined or culturally cognizant. Yet the large and exquisite store of folksong has earned the people the reputation as a musical nation, a …
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Irish Pop Music in a Global Context
… the undertaking of research on the topic of the music section of the culture industry in its present form. In Ireland today it is very hard for people not to have heard of some of the bands, which are going to be examined in this thesis because we hear so much about them in the media and because …
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Oíche nollag
… seconds in length. It is based on a traditional Irish jig tune of the same name, meaning “Christmas Eve” in Irish Gaelic. The piece is through-composed and follows a basic ternary form (fast-slow-fast). The folk tune is easily recognizable in its initial form but becomes transformed through a …