Blooming Meadows: World of Irish Traditional Musicians - Hardcover

Vallely, Fintan; Piggott, Charlie; Piggot, Charlie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860590675 ISBN 13: 9781860590672

Publisher: Town House, 1998

Synopsis

This is a book of outstandingly warm, quirky and personality-laden pictures by the photographer Nutan. The moods and themes of these images are developed in the texts by Fintan Vallely and Charlie Piggott into personalities, lives, community and nation through biography, interview, comment, poetry and song. The voices are those of musicians and singers who have helped shape the revival of traditional music since the 1950s, along with today's generation of talented, articulate and highly educated players. Nostalgia, nationalism, romanticism, virtuosity and communitas here meet art and quiet confidence in cultural meaning.

About this title

Synopsis:

Interviews with over thirty singers and musicians who have helped shape the revival of traditional music since the 1950s, and today's new generation of talented, articulate players. Photographs by Nutan convey the personalities, lives, the community of musicians, and the soul of the nation of Ireland itself.

About the Author:

Fintan Vallely is a traditional musician and writer on Irish music. He teaches lute annually at the Willie Clancy Summer School and lectures on Irish and international folk music at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Town House
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1860590675
• ISBN 13: 9781860590672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204