The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland
Contributors: David Cooper (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: October 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781859183984
Subjects: Folk music; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; Music; History - General History; Ireland; Ethnic; Europe - Ireland; Music / Ethnic
First sentence: Though aware that, in works not of a purely scientific nature and which will be chiefly opened with a view to amusement, a Preface receives but little attention from the majority of readers; yet I cannot refrain from availing myself of the old privilege accorded to Authors and Editors to offer a few prefatory remarks on the occasion of presenting to the public this first volume of a collection of Irish Tunes, which I have edited under the patriotic auspices of the 'Society for the Preservation and Publication of the Melodies of Ireland'.
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