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Brigh an Orain : A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan / translated and edited by John Shaw ; airs transcribed by Lisa Ornstein from field recordings ; foreword by Alistair MacLeod.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacLellan, Lauchie, Author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 8.
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991--Criticism and interpretation.
- MacLellan, Lauchie.
- Singers--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island--Biography.
- Singers.
- Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island.
- Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic.
- Tales--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island.
- Tales.
- Celts--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island--Folklore.
- Celts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (464 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Story in every song
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Few published collections of Gaelic song place the songs or their singers and communities in context. Brìgh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song corrects this, showing how the inherited art of a fourth-generation Canadian Gael fits within biographical, social, and historical contexts. It is the first major study of its kind to be undertaken for a Scottish Gaelic singer. The forty-eight songs and nine folktales in the collection are transcribed from field recordings and presented as the singer performed them, with an English translation provided. All the songs are accompanied by musical transcriptions. The book also includes a brief autobiography in Lauchie MacLellan's entertaining narrative style. John Shaw has added extensive notes and references, as well as photos and maps. In an era of growing appreciation of Celtic cultures, Brìgh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song makes an important Gaelic tradition available to the general reader. The materials also serve as a unique, adaptable resource for those with more specialized research or teaching interests in ethnology/folklore, Canadian studies, Gaelic language, ethnomusicology, Celtic studies, anthropology, and social history.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Gaelic Singing and Broad Cove Parish
- Air Réir Mo Sgeula
- Na h-Òrain
- Na Sgeulachdan
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- Notes:
- Principally biographical and critical commentary from various sources.
- Songs: p. [95]-299.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-427) and index.
- Contains:
- MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991. Songs. Selections
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85870-X
- 9786612858703
- 0-7735-6851-4
- OCLC:
- 929120381
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