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A History of Music at the Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland (Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast, 1989). Hast, Dorothea & Scott, Stanley: Music in Ireland. Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004). Hogan, Ita M.: Anglo-Irish Music, 1780–1830 (Cork: Cork University Press ...
Keening (Irish: caoineadh, pronounced [ˈkiːnʲə]) is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition, known to have taken place in Ireland and Scotland. Keening, which can be seen as a form of sean-nós singing , is performed in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages (the Scottish equivalent of keening is ...
Traditional Irish singing is the singing of traditional songs in the native styles such as sean nós. Though some people consider sean nós to particularly refer to singing in the Irish language, the term "traditional singing" is more universally understood to encompass singing in any language, as well as lilting .
no aspect of Irish music can be fully understood without a deep appreciation of sean-nós singing. It is the key which opens every lock. It is the key which opens every lock. The origins of sean-nós singing are unknown, but it is probably at least seven centuries old.
Irish dance music is isometric and is built around patterns of bar-long melodic phrases akin to call and response.A common pattern is A Phrase, B Phrase, A Phrase, Partial Resolution, A Phrase, B Phrase, A Phrase, Final Resolution, though this is not universal; mazurkas, for example, tend to feature a C Phrase instead of a repeated A Phrase before the Partial and Final Resolutions, for example.
The ballad is also called "The Brown Girl" and found in a number of variants. [55] "The Black Velvet Band" – Irish version of a broadside ballad dating back to the early 19th century [56] "The Blooming Flower of Grange" – a love song from County Wexford, recorded by Paul O'Reilly in Waterford in 2007. [57]
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Lilting often accompanies dancing. Features such as rhythm and tone dominate in lilting and in the case of Irish lilting in particular, is intended to evoke the characteristic 'lilt' of traditional Irish music and specific instruments such as the Celtic harp. [1] [2] The lyrics thus are often meaningless or nonsensical. [3]