NB: Try to get your hands on the Carson and O hAllmhurain ASAP. In the meantime, find links to those and other excerpts, as pdf's, on the webct version of the Readings Calendar. But please do return and "Comment" here.
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Read Introduction and “Music in Early and Medieval Ireland” (to p24) in O hAllmhurain
· In this section, O hAllmhurain describes “three interlocking traditions”; what are they, how are they distinguished from one another, and how does each impact on contemporary understandings of Irish traditional music?
· O hAllmhurain mentions many specific places, and even more specific individuals, in this short introduction. What is the significance of this emphasis upon specific places and individuals? What might these reveal about the tradition’s own priorities?
RP: Foy “Glossary”
Read the terms for familiarization purposes, but also ask yourself: why would Foy use some descriptions that are obviously sarcastic? What does this reveal about the Irish traditional sense of humor?
RP: Glassie “At the End of a Short Winter’s Day”
· A survey of approaches and editions of folklore; how does Glassie link the traditional storyteller’s art to that of academic folklorists or collectors?
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Ok - I give up where is At the End of a SHort Winter's Day in the Glassie?
Just getting ready to upload now.
The Glassie is from a DIFFERENT source: note that it uses the sigil RP (for "Readings Packet") Up now as pdf; try re-loading the Reading Calendar to find the links.
Foy is hilarious, if this is typical Irish humor than I'll have a ball in May:)
Irish music humor does tend to be *quite* sarcastic; they call it "taking the piss."
Knowledgeable and witty! Good fun!
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