Bright Star of the West

By Sean Williams & Lillis ? Laoire

Release : 2011-04-12

Genre : Music, Books, Arts & Entertainment

Kind : ebook

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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.

Bright Star of the West

By Sean Williams & Lillis ? Laoire

Release : 2011-04-12

Genre : Music, Books, Arts & Entertainment

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
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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