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Literary references to the drum are scarce. Writers on Irish traditional music have ignored the Lambeg drumming tradition mainly for the reasons outlined above and because of the widely maintained view that 'the tradition' belongs to the ' Gaelic', 'native' and Catholic section of the country. The Lambeg drum is Protestant and therefore alien. It could not be recognised as forming part of 'our musical heritage'. Not only do Irish writers ignore the Lambeg drum but mention of it is also generally omitted from text books on musical instruments and even from specialist works on percussion instruments
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Literary references to the drum are scarce. Writers on Irish traditional music have ignored the Lambeg drumming tradition mainly for the reasons outlined above and because of the widely maintained view that 'the tradition' belongs to the ' Gaelic', 'native' and Catholic section of the country. The Lambeg drum is Protestant and therefore alien. It could not be recognised as forming part of 'our musical heritage'. Not only do Irish writers ignore the Lambeg drum but mention of it is also generally omitted from text books on musical instruments and even from specialist works on percussion instruments
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Literary references to the drum are scarce. Writers on Irish traditional music have ignored the Lambeg drumming tradition mainly for the reasons outlined above and because of the widely maintained view that 'the tradition' belongs to the ' Gaelic', 'native' and Catholic section of the country. The Lambeg drum is Protestant and therefore alien. It could not be recognised as forming part of 'our musical heritage'. Not only do Irish writers ignore the Lambeg drum but mention of it is also generally omitted from text books on musical instruments and even from specialist works on percussion instruments
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