Routes & roots
Subtitle: fiddle and dance studies from around the North Atlantic 4
By: edited by Ian Russell and Chris Goertzen
Contributors: Russell, Ian, 1947- editor; Goertzen, Chris, editor; Elphinstone Institute
Series: Occasional publications / The Elphinstone Institute -- 8
Publisher: The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Aberdeen, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780954568276
Subjects: Fiddling; Congresses; Fiddle tunes; Music and globalization
Other titles: Routes and roots
Notes: Selected papers from the 4th North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, held July 14-18, 2010, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Routes & roots / Ian Russell and Chris Goertzen; title: The paper fiddle / Lisa Morrissey; title: Frank Roche; title: fiddler, dancer, and music collector / Colette Moloney; title: John Robbins and the Shakespearean Bidford morris tune repertoire / Elaine Bradtke; title: Pranking and tall tale telling within Florida's old-time fiddling tradition / Gregory Hansen; title: The drone styles of Lithuanian folk fiddle music / Gailė Kirdienė; title: Texas contest fiddling / Chris Goertzen; title: The transmission of style in Scottish fiddling / Emma Nixon; title: The end of a revival / Lesley Ham; title: Local, global, and diasporic interaction in the Cape Breton dance tradition / Mats Melin; title: The roots and routes of Irish step dancing / Catherine E. Foley; title: Putting down roots / Samantha Breslin; title: Why can't you dance to the piper? / Patricia H. Ballantyne; title: Tradition and creativity / Chris Stone; title: Passing the bow / Anne Lederman (convenor), Claire White, James Alexander, Cameron Baggins.