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  2. The Beautiful Game (musical) - Wikipedia

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    The show was met with a mixed reception from the critics: while the production and Lloyd Webber's score were largely praised, Elton's book and lyrics came under fire for being crass, predictable and undistinguished although John Peter in his review in The Sunday Times wrote "Elton's book and lyrics burst with energy, indignation and intelligence.

  3. Edward Bunting - Wikipedia

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    A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music (1796), 66 tunes; A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (1809) The Ancient Music of Ireland (1840), 165 airs; Collections reissued. Waltons in 2002 as The Irish Music Manuscripts of Edward Bunting (1773–1843) (ISBN 1-85720-139-6). This itself is a paperback reprint of a 1969 hardback.

  4. Literature of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Though the books of Forrest Reid (1875–1947) are not well known today, he has been labelled 'the first Ulster novelist of European stature', and comparisons have been drawn between his own coming of age novel of Protestant Belfast, Following Darkness (1912), and James Joyce's seminal novel of growing up in Catholic Dublin, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916).

  5. My Lagan Love - Wikipedia

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    A song by this title was published in various early 19th century broadsides, with the first lines "In Belfast town of high renown / There lives a comely maid". [3] This ballad now has Roud number 2930. [3] The Lagan referred to in the title most likely is the River Lagan in Belfast. Campbell's words mention Lambeg, which is just outside the city.

  6. Musical setting - Wikipedia

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    The literary work is said to be set, or adapted, to music. Musical settings include choral music and other vocal music. [1] A musical setting is made to particular words, such as poems. [2] By contrast, a musical arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work, rather than a brand new piece of music. An arrangement ...

  7. Sam Henry (musicologist) - Wikipedia

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    Henry was born and educated in Sandleford, Coleraine, Ireland. [2] [3] He came from a prominent Coleraine family and was the youngest of five sons: his brother William was town clerk of Coleraine; Robert, principal of the Model School; James, vice principal of The Honourable The Irish Society's Primary School; and Tom, a civil servant. [4]

  8. Milkman (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Milkman is a 2018 historical psychological fiction novel written by the Northern Irish author Anna Burns. [1] Set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the story follows an 18-year-old girl, "middle sister", who is harassed by an older married man known as "the milkman" and then as "Milkman".

  9. Lucy Caldwell - Wikipedia

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    Caldwell's first novel, Where They Were Missed, set in Belfast and County Donegal, was published in February 2006 by Faber & Faber [7] and short-listed for the 2006 Dylan Thomas Prize. [8] It was described by Vogue as "a debut reminiscent of Ian McEwan's The Cement Garden and Trezza Azzopardi's The Hiding Place. [citation needed]