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The Irishness of Irish Music (Hardcover, New Ed) Loot Price: R4,723
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The Irishness of Irish Music (Hardcover, New Ed): John O'Flynn

The Irishness of Irish Music (Hardcover, New Ed)

John O'Flynn

Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series

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This book brings together important material from a range of sources and highlights how government organizations, musicians, academics and commercial companies are concerned with, and seek to use, a particular notion of Irish musical identity. Rooting the study in the context of the recent history of popular, traditional and classical music in Ireland, as well as providing an overview of aspects of the national field of music production and consumption, O'Flynn goes on to argue that the relationship between Irish identity and Irish music emerges as a contested site of meaning. His analysis exposes the negotiation and articulation of civic, ethnic and economic ideas within a shifting hegemony of national musical culture, and finds inconsistencies between and among symbolic constructions of Irish music and observed patterns in the domestic field. More specifically, O'Flynn illustrates how settings, genres, social groups and values can influence individual identifications or negations of Irishness in music. While the apprehension of intra-musical elements leads to perceptions of music that sounds Irish, style and authenticity emerge as critical articulatory principles in the identification of music that feels Irish. The celebratory and homogenizing discourse associated with the international success of some Irish musical forms is not reflected in the opinions of the people interviewed by O'Flynn; at the same time, an insider/outsider dialectic of national identity is found in various forms of discourse about Irish music. Performers and composers discussed include Bill Whelan (Riverdance), Sinead O'Connor, The Corrs, Altan, U2, Martin Hayes, Dolores Keane and Gerald Barry.

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Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
Release date: March 2009
First published: 2009
Authors: John O'Flynn
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5714-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General
Books > Music > General
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LSN: 0-7546-5714-0
Barcode: 9780754657149

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