Music and Irish identity : Celtic tiger blues /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 12 March, 2018 - 21:02

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Smyth, Gerry,

Source:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge,, United States, p.ix, 178 pages ; (2017)

ISBN:

1315596636

Call Number:

ML287

Keywords:

History and criticism., Ireland, Music, Social aspects

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-170) and index.1. Nationalism and gender in the music of Augusta Holmès : notes from an unwritten biography -- 2. 'I have left my book' : setting Joyce's Chamber music lyrics to music -- 3. Thinking in circles : music and cyclical form in Joyce's Chamber music -- 4. The representation of Dublin in story and song -- 5. Musical stereotyping and Irish identity : the case of the Pogues -- 6. 'The orchestra of memory' : music, sound and silence in Dermot Healy's A goat's song -- 7. 'Join us' : musical style and identity in Bernard MacLaverty's 'My Dear Palestrina' -- 8. Singing the fisherman's blues : Mike Scott and the grain of the Irish voice -- 9. 'About nothing, about everything': listening in -- to Tim Robinson -- 10. Celtic Tiger blues : sing when you're winning.