Blankenhorn Tradition, Transmission, Transformation

Essays on Gaelic Poetry and Song
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78874-553-6
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 10, 550 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland

Since World War I, the self-contained communities of Gaelic-speaking Scotland, characterised by collaborative effort and a robust sense of communal identity, have been transformed. Improved transport and communications have brought today’s Gaelic speakers into the culture of mainstream Western society. Once an integral part of daily life, Gaelic singing has become an art form heard less at home than on concert platforms, at the Mòd, and on commercial recordings, where a 'good voice' and emotive style – neither part of the traditional aesthetic – help singers differentiate themselves in the traditional music marketplace. Written in an accessible style and providing guidance for those wishing to access audible examples, this book will help both scholars and general readers grasp the magnitude of change as it has transformed an important aspect of Scottish Gaelic culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blankenhorn, Virginia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS: Verse Structure and Performance in Scottish Gaelic Vernacular Poetry - A New Approach to the Classification of Gaelic Song - Observations on the Performance of Classical Gaelic Syllabic Verse - The Rev. William Matheson and the Performance of Scottish Gaelic Strophic Verse - Griogal Cridhe: Aspects of Transmission in the Lament for Griogair Ruadh Mac Griogair of Glen Strae - From Ritual to Rhetoric, from Rhetoric to Art: Women’s Poetry of Lamentation in the Gaelic World - MacCrimmon’s Return: Traditional and 'Bogus' Elements in 'MacCrimmon’s Lament' - Songs of the Hebrides and the Critics.

Über Autor(innen)

Virginia Blankenhorn is an Honorary Fellow in Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University. She received a B.A. degree in music from Wellesley College, pursued post-graduate study in Celtic Studies at Harvard University, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and the University of Edinburgh. She has held lectureships at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Ulster. Publications include works on modern Irish poetic metre, paralinguistic features in spoken Irish, and the repertoire of Connemara singer Seosamh ÓhÉanaí (Joe Heaney). She has published many articles on the song traditions of Ireland and Gaelic Scotland.