Cowdery, James R. <br/><br/>
The Melodic Tradition of Ireland. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (221 pages) 
 - World Music .
 - World Music .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Transcriptions and Analyses -- 1 The Melodic Tradition of Ireland -- Historical Background -- Language -- Sean-nós -- Learning -- Where the Music Lives -- Musical Elements -- Instruments -- 2 "Putting It Over -- Decorating a Song -- The Pulse -- The Nea -- Say a Song -- 3 Portrait of a Tune: "The Blackbird -- Preliminary Sketch -- Transcribed Examples -- Summary -- 4 "The Whole of It -- Development of the Tune-Family Concept -- Three Principles -- 5 Two Outlining Families: "Ballylee" and "Rakish Paddy -- Ballylee -- Rakish Paddy -- 6 Conjoining: "The Boyne Water -- 7 Recombining: "The Blackbird -- The Beauty of Innuendoes -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781612770352 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music -- Ireland -- History and criticism.<br/>Songs, Irish -- Ireland -- History and criticism.<br/>Melodic analysis.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML287 -- .C68 1990eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>780/.9415