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Celtic music means two things mainly. First, it is the music of the people that identify themselves as Celts. Secondly, it refers to whatever qualities may be unique to the music of the Celtic nations. Many notable Celtic musicians such as Alan Stivell and Paddy Moloney [3] claim that the different Celtic music genres have a lot in common. [1 ...
Early Irish poetry and song has been translated into modern Irish and English by notable Irish poets, song collectors and musicians. [1] The 6th century hymn Rop tú mo baile by Dallán Forgaill for example, was published in 1905 in English by Mary Elizabeth Byrne, and is widely known as Be Thou My Vision.
Carolan's memorial in St Patrick's Cathedral was the gift of Sydney, Lady Morgan.. Carolan was born in 1670 in Nobber, County Meath, [1] where his father was a blacksmith. The family, who were said to be a branch of the Mac Brádaigh sept of County Cavan (Carolan's great-grandfather, Shane Grana O'Carrolan, was chieftain of his sept in 1607 [2]), forfeited their estates during the civil wars ...
The six Celtic nationalities are divided into two musical groups, Gaelic and Brythonic, [1] which according to Alan Stivell differentiate "mostly by the extended range (sometimes more than two octaves) of Irish and Scottish melodies and the closed range of Breton and Welsh melodies (often reduced to a half-octave), and by the frequent use of the pure pentatonic scale in Gaelic music".
Music described as "Celtic", which resembles folk and traditional music. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ...
The track "Little Drummer Girl" from their Christmas album (2010) was chosen for the Putumayo World Music 2014 Celtic Christmas compilation; [14] [15] the song was also featured on BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk show in December 2012, [16] as well as on the national public service broadcaster of Ireland, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, in ...
List of traditional Irish singers; Liz Bonnin; Lucia Evans; Lucy O'Byrne; Luke Kelly; Lynn Hilary; Maeve O'Donovan; Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill; Máire Breatnach; Máire Ní Chathasaigh; Máire Ní Ghuairim; Mairead Buicke; Máiréad Carlin; Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Máirín O'Donovan; Maite Kelly; Majella Murphy; Margaret Barry; Margaret Healy ...
Máiréad Nesbitt (/ ˈ m ɔːr eɪ d / MOR-ayd, [citation needed] Irish: [ˈmˠaːɾʲeːd̪ˠ]) is an Irish musician. She is known for performing Celtic and classical music and being the former fiddler for Celtic Woman.