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Lillis ? Laoire & Sean Williams
Bright Star of the West [PDF ebook]
Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man

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Bright Star of the West examines the life, repertoire, and influence of Ireland’s greatest sean-nos (old-style) singer, Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Best known for popularing this form of Gaelic a cappella folk song in the United States, authors Sean Williams and Lillis ? Laoire reveal the ways in which Heaney’s life story demonstrates the intertwining of music with political memory and cultural understanding.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9780199840977 ● Publisher Oxford University Press ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2630500 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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