Brìgh an Òrain =
Subtitle: A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan
By: translated and edited by John Shaw ; airs transcribed by Lisa Ornstein from field recordings ; foreword by Alistair MacLeod.
Contributors: Shaw, John William.; Ornstein, Lisa.; MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991.
Series: McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.; 8
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991 -- Criticism and interpretation; Singers -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Biography; Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island; Tales -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island; Celts -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Folklore; MacLellan, Lauchie,; Chansons folkloriques gaéliques -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Cap-Breton, Île du; Contes -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Cap-Breton, Île du; Celtes -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Cap-Breton, Île du -- Folklore
Genres: Biography.; Folklore.
Other titles: Story in every song
Description: "A penetrating look at the life and work of a twentieth-century Gaelic singer-storyteller from Nova Scotia, Brigh an Orain - A Story in Every Song situates the inherited art of a fourth-generation Canadian Gael in its biographical, social, and historical contexts. It includes the words, music, and English translations for the songs plus an autobiography told in Lauchie MacLellan's usual entertaining style."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Songs and tales in Gaelic with English translations; commentary in English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-427) and index.
Principally biographical and critical commentary from various sources.
Songs: p. [95]-299.