Author: Niel GowPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Gow's Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland
Author: Niel GowGows Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland
Author: Niel GowPublisher:
ISBN: 9781861430663
Category : Fiddle tunes
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music
Author: Neil GowPublisher: Oak Publications
ISBN: 1783234911
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
An essential addition to the dance tune library and an important milestone in traditional music publishing. This volume of almost 600 strathspeys, jigs and reels has been compiled from the original collections published between 1784 and 1822 by Niel and Nathaniel Gow, the father and son violinist/composers. Niel Gow revolutionized Scottish music by inventing a new style of bowing, known as the ‘up-driven’ technique, that accented the unique strathspey rhythm. Besides the invaluable contributions of the Gows, other important Scottish composers such as William Marshall and Donald Dow are featured, as well as some of the more important tunes in the traditional Scottish repertoire. This unique collection also features detailed notes on the life and times of Niel and Nathaniel Gow, an analysis of the ‘up-driven’ bow technique, the origination of the strathspey as well as a complete discography and bibliography. This book will prove an invaluable addition to your repertoire and home library.
The Glen collection of Scottish dance music
Author: The History of Curling and Fifty Years of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club
Author: John KerrPublisher:
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Category : Curling
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Understanding Scotland Musically
Author: Simon McKerrellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315467550
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Scottish traditional music has been through a successful revival in the mid-twentieth century and has now entered a professionalised and public space. Devolution in the UK and the surge of political debate surrounding the independence referendum in Scotland in 2014 led to a greater scrutiny of regional and national identities within the UK, set within the wider context of cultural globalisation. This volume brings together a range of authors that sets out to explore the increasingly plural and complex notions of Scotland, as performed in and through traditional music. Traditional music has played an increasingly prominent role in the public life of Scotland, mirrored in other Anglo-American traditions. This collection principally explores this movement from historically text-bound musical authenticity towards more transient sonic identities that are blurring established musical genres and the meaning of what constitutes ‘traditional’ music today. The volume therefore provides a cohesive set of perspectives on how traditional music performs Scottishness at this crucial moment in the public life of an increasingly (dis)United Kingdom.
Crossing to Scotland
Author: ABBY NEWTONPublisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1609742346
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Today the cello is usually considered a classical instrument, but from the late 17th to early 19th centuries it was used in folk ensembles to provide low, driving rhythms for dance tunes and to render haunting Scottish airs. Within the folk music revival of the past forty years there has been a small but dedicated movement to restore the unique richness of the cello to traditional music, and Abby Newton has been on the forefront of that movement. Abby has been deeply involved with Scottish music ever since, traveling to and performing in Scotland many times. the airs, planxties and reels in this book come from traditional and contemporary sources, including the 18th-century fiddler Neil Gow, harper Turlough O'Carolan, Daithi Sproule, David Hornung, Alasdair Fraser, Ronnie Aimes, and others. All 19 of the tunes are written for solo cello with chord symbols included on most tunes for an accompanying instrument. the text also includes the author's notes on the origin of each tune.
The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance
Author: Peter HarropPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000401596
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different lenses through which they have been viewed since becoming the subject of concerted study in Victorian times, this book builds on the latest work in an ever-growing body of contemporary folklore scholarship. Many of the contributing scholars are also practicing performers and bring experience and understanding of performance to their analyses and critiques. Chapters range across the spectrum of folk song, music, drama and dance, but maintain a focus on the key defining characteristics of folk performance – custom and tradition – in a full range of performances, from carol singing and sword dancing to playground rhymes and mummers' plays. As well as being an essential reference for folklorists and scholars of traditional performance and local history, this is a valuable resource for readers in all disciplines of dance, drama, song and music whose work coincides with English folk traditions.
Catalogue of the ... library of ... Edward Francis Rimbault ... which will be sold by auction
Author: Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String
Author: George S. EmmersonPublisher:
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Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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