Bright Star of the West: Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man
- Author: Laoire, Lillis S.
- Author: Williams, Sean
An engaging and exhaustive study of the historical developments and social realities that impacted Heaney's attitudes, performance styles, and his eventual rise to prominence as the sean-nos... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction: Singing the Dark Away
- Part One: Sean-nos Singing
- 1. Sean-nos Singing in Theory and Practice
- 2. The Performance of Sean-nos in Connemara
- Part Two: The Iconic Repertoire
- 3. Singing the Famine
- 4. The Religious Laments
- 5. The Medieval Transformed
- Part Three: Masculinity in a Musical Context
- 6. Irish Masculinities: The Irish Tenor and the Sean-nos Singer
- 7. Fighting Words, Fighting Music: The Performative Male
- Part Four: Joe Heaney in America
- 8. The Irishman at the Threshold
- 9. The Folk Revival and the Search for Authenticity
- Guide to Pronunciation
- References
- Discography
- Index