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Bright star of the west : Joe Heaney, Irish song-man /

This book explores the life and performance practices of the Irish sean-nØs singer Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Born in Connemara, Heaney grew up speaking the Irish language on a windswept coastal landscape, where he absorbed a rich oral heritage in Irish and in his second language, English.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Williams, Sean, 1959- (Author), Ó Laoire, Lillis, 1961- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:American musicspheres.
Subjects:
Heaney, Joe, > 1919-1984.
Heaney, Joe, > 1919-1984
Sean-nos > Ireland > History and criticism.
Singers > Ireland > Biography.
Sean-nós > Irlande > Histoire et critique.
Chanteurs > Irlande > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
Sean-nos
Singers
Ireland
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book explores the life and performance practices of the Irish sean-nØs singer Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Born in Connemara, Heaney grew up speaking the Irish language on a windswept coastal landscape, where he absorbed a rich oral heritage in Irish and in his second language, English.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 250 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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