Celtic modern : music at the global fringe / edited by Martin Stokes, Philip V. Bohlman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stokes, Martin.

Bohlman, Philip V., 1952-

Series:

Europea ; no. 1.

Europea ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celtic music--History and criticism.

Celtic music.

Ethnomusicology.

Physical Description:

vii, 293 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Summary:

This resource offers an opportunity to reflect critically on some of the insistent 'othering' that has accompanied much cultural production in and on the Celtic World, and that have prohibited serious critical engagement with what are sometimes described as the 'traditional' and 'folk' music of Europe.

Contents:

1 Shared Imaginations: Celtic and Corsican Encounters in the Soundscape of the Soul / Caroline Bithell 27

2 Celtic Australia: Bush Bands, Irish Music, Folk Music, and the New Nationalism / Graeme Smith 73

3 Diasporic Legacies: Place, Politics, and Music among the Ottawa Valley Irish / Johanne Devlin Trew 93

4 Policing Tradition: Scottish Pipe Band Competition and the Role of the Composer / Jerry Cadden 119

5 Tradition and Imaginary: Irish Traditional Music and the Celtic Phenomenon / Scott Reiss 145

6 "Home Is Living Like a Man on the Run": John Cale's Welsh Atlantic / Dai Griffiths 171

7 The Apollos of Shamrockery: Traditional Musics in the Modern Age / Fintan Vallely 201

8 "Celtitude," Professionalism, and the Fest Noz in Traditional Music in Brittany / Desi Wilkinson 219

9 "You Cannae Take Your Music Stand into a Pub": A Conversation with Stan Reeves about Traditional Music Education in Scotland / Peter Symon 257

10 Afterword: Gaelicer Than Thou / Timothy D. Taylor 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0810847809

0810847817

OCLC:

51931035