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Best-Loved Irish Ballads Emma Byrne (The O'Brien Press Ltd)

Best-Loved Irish Ballads von Emma Byrne (The O'Brien Press Ltd)

Best-Loved Irish Ballads Emma Byrne (The O'Brien Press Ltd)

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Zusammenfassung

Songs to stir the soul and move the feet, raise a roar or bring a tear to the eye.
From Danny Boy to Boulavogue and more, this book celebrates the cream of Irish ballads, explaining the origins of each song, along with words, melodies and chords. Illustrated with evocative photographs and woodcuts..

Best-Loved Irish Ballads Zusammenfassung

Best-Loved Irish Ballads: Great Songs from the Irish Folk Tradition Emma Byrne (The O'Brien Press Ltd)

A collection of Ireland's greatest and best-loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and chords, along with an introductory piece on each song. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. A beautiful guide to the cream of the Irish ballad tradition.

Songs of love, yearning, revolution, celebration, emigration, mourning, fun, famine, drinking and more. A collection of powerful yet beautiful ballads of Ireland, placed in and reflecting historical events and traditions. All have stood the test of time and present to the world the uniqueness of Irish history and her musical and revolutionary traditions.

Including:

  • Are You Right There Michael?
  • Danny Boy
  • Kevin Barry
  • I'll Tell Me Ma
  • The Irish Rover
  • Molly Malone
  • The Rare Old Mountain Dew
  • The Rocky Road to Dublin
  • The Rose of Tralee
  • Whiskey in the Jar

Best-Loved Irish Ballads celebrates the songs and tradition of Irish music.

Über Emma Byrne (The O'Brien Press Ltd)

Emma Byrne is a graphic designer and artist. She is a graduate of Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. She has won numerous awards for her design including The IDI (Irish Design Institute) Graduate Designer of the Year, the IDI Promotional Literature Award for her work on Brown Morning, and a Children's Books Ireland Bisto Merit Award for her work on Something Beginning With P: New Poems from Irish Poets. She has illustrated many books, including Best-Loved Oscar Wilde, Best Loved Yeats, The Most Beautiful Letter in the World by Karl O'Neill, a special edition of Ulysses by James Joyce, and A Terrible Beauty by Mairead Ashe Fitzgerald. She lives in a thatched house in Co. Wexford. Eoin O'Brien is a songwriter and musician, a writer and illustrator. He enjoys nothing more than a good old singsong around a kitchen table or a bonfire. He lives with his fantastic wife, two beautiful children and a dog, in historic Glasnevin in north Dublin.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 6

Craic and Drink 9
Are Ye Right There Michael? 11
Finnegan's Wake 17
I'll Tell Me Ma 21
The Irish Rover 25
Lanigan's Ball 31
The Rare Old Mountain Dew 37
The Waxies' Dargle 41

Revolution and Nationalism 45
Arthur McBride 47
Boulavogue 53
Follow Me Up to Carlow 57
Kevin Barry 61
A Nation Once Again 65
The Wearing of the Green 69

Love and Tragedy 73
As I Roved Out 75
Danny Boy 79
The Dawning of the Day 83
Down By the Sally Gardens 87
The Galway Shawl 91
The Rose of Tralee 95
She Moved Through the Fair 98
The Star of the County Down 101

Home and Emigration 105
The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee 107
Carrickfergus 111
Molly Malone 115
The Mountains of Mourne 119
Muirsheen Durkin 123
Spancil Hill 127

Adventure and Misadventure 131
The Black Velvet Band 133
The Rocky Road to Dublin 137
Weela Weela Walya 141
The Well Below the Valley 145
Whiskey in the Jar 149
The Wild Colonial Boy 153
The Wild Rover 157

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR011100909
9781788492201
178849220X
Best-Loved Irish Ballads: Great Songs from the Irish Folk Tradition Emma Byrne (The O'Brien Press Ltd)
Emma Byrne (The O'Brien Press Ltd)
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O'Brien Press Ltd
2020-09-28
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