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Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In A History of Irish Music (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland , there were at least ten instruments in general use.
Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland. The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music (or Irish folk music). It has remained vibrant through the 20th and into the 21st century, despite globalising cultural forces.
The Irish Traditional Music Archive (or ITMA; Irish: Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann), operating as a charity, [1] is a "national reference archive and resource centre for the traditional song, instrumental music and dance of Ireland". [2] Focusing on Irish traditional music, Irish dance and their history, the archive covers the performance ...
This is a list of composers from Ireland working in the classical (art music) tradition. It does not contain composers for pop, rock, trad, jazz, or film music. For Irish film music composers search for the 'Category:Irish film score composers' in the search box above.
An Irish "trad session" in Hamburg, Germany. Irish traditional music sessions are mostly informal gatherings at which people play Irish traditional music. [1] The Irish language word for "session" is seisiún. This article discusses tune-playing, although "session" can also refer to a singing session or a mixed session (tunes and songs).
If "sean-nós singing" is taken to mean "any traditional song sung in the Irish language", it could be said that the first sean-nós songs were sung when the Celts arrived in Ireland in 500BC. [ citation needed ] There is almost no mention of sean-nós songs in medieval Irish literature , but experts have speculated that sean-nós singing has ...
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 .
The Folk Music Society of Ireland published a facsimile edition in 1986, edited by Nicholas Carolan, and this was republished with additional notes and illustrations in 2010 by the Irish Traditional Music Archive in association with the Folk Music Society of Ireland. The next collection was Wright's Aria di Camera (1730). It contained Scottish ...
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