A thorough and excellent resource for study of the traditional music of Ireland. Arranged alphabetically, entries range from a brief paragraph to several pages and cover renowned musicians,
music scholars, instruments, regional styles, techniques and recordings. The editor is a writer, musician, and lecturer on Irish music and ethnomusicology at the National University of Ireland;
contributors are musicians and scholars of various stripes. The volume includes an extensive, classified bibliography, some photos and tune transcriptions, a chronology, and a discography.
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