The globalization of Irish traditional song performance
By: by Susan H. Motherway
Series: Ashgate popular and folk music series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781409434238; 9781409434245
Subjects: Irish Folk songs; Folk songs; History and criticism; Music and globalization; Folk music
Description: "In The Globalization of Irish Traditional Song Performance Susan Motherway examines the ways in which performers mediate the divide between local and global markets by negotiating this dichotomy in performance practice. In so doing, she discusses the globalizing processes that exert transformative influences upon traditional musics and examines the response to these influences by Irish traditional song performers. In developing this thesis the book provides an overview of the genre and its subgenres, illustrates patterns of musical change extant within the tradition as a result of globalization, and acknowledges music as a medium for re-negotiating an Irish cultural identity within the global.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.