Bright star of the west: Joe Heaney, Irish song man

Bright Star of the West examines the life, repertoire, and influence of Ireland's greatest sean-nos (old-style) singer, Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Best known for popularing this form of Gaelic a cappella folk song in the United States, authors Seans Williams and Lillis O Laoire reveal the ways in which Heaney's life story demonstrates the intertwining of music with political memory and cultural understanding. INDICE: Introduction: Singing the Dark Away; 1. Sean-nós Singing; 1. Sean-nós Singing in Theory and Practice; 2. The Performance of Sean-nós in Connemara; 2. The Iconic Repertoire; 3. Singing the Famine; 4. The Religious Laments; 5. The Medieval Transformed; 3. Masculinity in a Musical Context; 6. Irish Masculinities: The Irish Tenor and the Sean-nós Singer; 7. Fighting Words, Fighting Music: The Performative Male; 4. Joe Heaney in America; 8. The Irishman at the Threshold; 9. The Folk Revival and the Search for Authenticity; Guide to Pronunciation; References; Discography; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-532118-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés