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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822124503321

Titolo

Brigh an Orain : A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan / / translated and edited by John Shaw ; airs transcribed by Lisa Ornstein from field recordings ; foreword by Alistair MacLeod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-282-85870-X

9786612858703

0-7735-6851-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

ShawJohn William

OrnsteinLisa

MacLellanLauchie <1910-1991.>

Disciplina

782.42162/9163/0092

Soggetti

Singers - Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island

Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic - Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island

Tales - Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island

Celts - Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island

MacLellan, Lauchie

Chansons folkloriques gaeliques - Nouvelle-Ecosse - Cap-Breton, Ile du

Contes - Nouvelle-Ecosse - Cap-Breton, Ile du

Celtes - Nouvelle-Ecosse - Cap-Breton, Ile du

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Principally biographical and critical commentary from various sources.

Songs: p. [95]-299.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-427) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Gaelic Singing and Broad Cove Parish -- Air Réir Mo Sgeula -- Na h-Òrain -- Na Sgeulachdan -- Notes -- Sources -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Few published collections of Gaelic song place the songs or their singers and communities in context. Brìgh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song corrects this, showing how the inherited art of a fourth-generation Canadian Gael fits within biographical, social, and historical contexts. It is the first major study of its kind to be undertaken for a



Scottish Gaelic singer. The forty-eight songs and nine folktales in the collection are transcribed from field recordings and presented as the singer performed them, with an English translation provided. All the songs are accompanied by musical transcriptions. The book also includes a brief autobiography in Lauchie MacLellan's entertaining narrative style. John Shaw has added extensive notes and references, as well as photos and maps. In an era of growing appreciation of Celtic cultures, Brìgh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song makes an important Gaelic tradition available to the general reader. The materials also serve as a unique, adaptable resource for those with more specialized research or teaching interests in ethnology/folklore, Canadian studies, Gaelic language, ethnomusicology, Celtic studies, anthropology, and social history.