world music-ireland
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Potato famine | began in 1840's the famine and subsequent evictions led to the deaths of 1.5 million Irish people and massive attempts at emigration, resulting in rapid reduction of the population from 8 million to 3.5 million. |
| Irish Diaspora | millions of Irish people left Ireland for other lands during famine and other subsequent periods |
| Radio Éireann | the national radio station in 1926. It became a symbol of national identity |
| Irish music revival | of the 1960's, a phenomenon that would have profound implications on the future course of Irish music, both in Ireland and abroad. o Irish performers and performers of other lands cross pollinated and made new blends of music that impacted music "back home" in Ireland |
| Session | an informal gathering where musicians join together to play Irish tunes amidst socializing. |
| Urbanization/ Industrialization | Large scale industrialization led to massive urbanization and ultimately an economy based on manufacturing rather than agriculture. |
| Religion | Majority protestant, minority Irish Catholic |
| Ireland and the British central government | 1921-1949 was the Irish free state and was a self governing dominion within the British Commonwealth |
| Traditional repertoire | 1.Sean nós, or "old way," songs. 2.Slow instrumental melodies called airs. 3.Songs sung in English. 4.The musical tradition of the Irish harp, the national symbol of Ireland. 5.Instrumental dance tunes and medleys. |
| Sean nós | The "old way" songs, sung in Irish Gaelic; revered as the cornerstone of Irish traditional music. |
| Reel | Dance rhythm, a lively dance of Scottish highlanders marked by circular moves and gliding steps |
| Jig | Dance rhythm for any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping |
| Hornpipe | Commonly used dance rhythm in Irish music; |
| Importance of ornamentation | They embellish the basic melody |
| Medleys | They are set to common dance rhythms. |
| Seamus Ennis | one of the greatest uilleann pipers and a very important figure in the preservation, cultivation, and dissemination of Irish traditional music. learned to play from father uilleann pipes worked to preserve tradition hired by radio eireann to promote nationalism through musicbecame part of bbc for the same thing |
| Uilleann pipes | The Irish version of the bagpipe, regarded as the most distinctively Irish musical instrument. |
| Fiddle | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family |
| Tin whistle | an instrument made of metal with six holes and a mouth piece |
| Cultural loss | The Irish music revival of the 1960s was the reaction |
| Commodification | As music was revived and revitalized it was also transformed |
| Sean Ó'riada | Classically trained composer who led a Irish music transformation in the 1960s that reinvigorated sean nos and regional styles. In 1960, he formed the ensemble Ceoltóirí Cualann. He restored the status of the uilleann pipes, which had fallen out of favor, and introduced the bodhrán as a newly important rhythmic instrument. |
| Bodhrán | hand-held frame drum with a goat skin head |
| Eileen Ivers | A representative of the transnational culture. She is an Irish-American fiddler and her work spans an eclectic range of musical styles: neo-traditional Irish, Irish-rock, Irish-Latin, and Irish-African fusion. |
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