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The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-8802-5. a b Between the Jigs and the Reels: The Donegal Fiddle Tradition C Mac Aoidh - 1994 - Drumlin Publications; Donegal and Shetland Fiddle Music D McLaughlin, Irish Traditional Music Society - 1992 - Irish Traditional Music Society, University College, Cork
The Donegal fiddle tradition is one of the distinct fiddle traditions within Irish traditional music. [1] The distinctness of the Donegal tradition developed due to the close relations between County Donegal and Scotland , and the Donegal repertoire and style has influences from Scottish fiddle music .
Coleman was also an excellent dancer and performer. Coleman danced and played the fiddle at the same time, as confirmed by his daughter Mary, on the Irish film, From Shore to Shore. [2] James Morrison, Paddy Killoran and Paddy Sweeney were other famed Sligo fiddlers who also recorded in New York in the 1920s and '30s. While these musicians ...
Kathleen Nesbitt began teaching fiddle in 1967 and is among the most well known music teachers in Ireland. In 1983, she began teaching an intensive master class at Scoil Éigse. She has travelled internationally performing in the US, Canada, Iceland and France. Since 1990, she has taught at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient.
At the age of 16, he won first place in the Fiddler of the Year competition [1] and recorded his first album, a fiddle duet with his brother John, titled John & James Kelly: Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [9] [10] During that time, he joined the group Ceoltóirí Laigheann, that included his father John, Paddy O'Brien, Mary Bergin, and Paddy ...
Tommie Potts (1912–1988) was an Irish fiddle player and composer from Dublin who gained iconic status in traditional Irish music circles for his virtuoso musicianship. Potts' given name is also frequently spelled Tommie. [1] [2] His music has influences from jazz and classical music, making it a highly individualistic take on the Irish music ...
The Fiddler's Companion says The Latin title first appears in the Wemyss manuscript of 1644 and in the Balcarres manuscript of 1692 [5]. and then The melody's popularity was long-lived, as attested by its appearance in many collections throughout the 18th century, including Wright's Aria di Camera (1730), Neal's Celebrated Irish Tunes (c. 1742—a revised date from the oft-given 1721 or 1726 ...
Máire Breatnach (Irish pronunciation: [ˈmˠɑːɾʲə ˈbʲɾʲan̪ˠəx]) is an Irish fiddle, violin and viola player. She also sings in Irish on some of her albums. Since the early 1990s, she has recorded five solo albums, participated in many collaborations, and developed didactic material for children, mostly in Irish.