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Popular music in eighteenth century Dublin / [edited by] Hugh Shields

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Popular music in eighteenth century Dublin / [edited by] Hugh Shields
ITMA Reference Number:8661-BK
Title:Popular music in eighteenth century Dublin / [edited by] Hugh Shields
Author:Shields, Hugh
Publication Details:Dublin : Folk Music Society of Ireland ; Na Píobairí Uilleann, 1985
Physical Description:[ii], 37 p. : ill., music in staff notation ; 21 cm. (pbk.)
Format:Book
Language:English
Subject:Ireland: Music Studies, General
Edition:1st
Description:

This booklet was produced for the exhibition of the same name, organised by the Folk Music Society of Ireland and Na Píobairí Uilleann, which took place at the Dublin Civic Museum (27 August - 31 October, 1985) as an event of the European Music Year. Essays cover the topic of popular music in Dublin in the 18th century in a variety of contexts.

Contents:Foreword / Hugh Shields -- Eighteenth-century tunes today [article] / Breandán Breathnach -- Georgian lollipops, or, The lighter side of classical music [article] / Brian Boydell -- Mr Connor [air] -- The Irsh bagpipes [article] / Breandán Breathnach -- Gaelic song [article] / Nicholas Carolan -- Ailleacan dubh o! [air] -- Ballads, ballad singing and ballad selling [article] / Hugh Shields -- Dancing [article] / Breandán Breathnach -- Yellow stocken's [air] -- A young virgin of 15 -- years [air] -- Notes -- Books and articles -- Abbreviations. Illustrations include: 'Crazy crow' the instrument porter, whose real name was George Hendrick [woodcut] -- A set of uilleann pipes, c.1790 [drawing] -- Turlough Carolan from Bunting's 1840 collection [woodcut] -- Wood's halfpence [photograph] -- An impression from Goldsmith's ballad-making [woodcut].

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