Song/music
The social context of songs, music and storytelling see "Céilidh',
definition (essay) in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians,
London, 2000.
Short articles on the following Gaelic song/music topics in in
COMPANION TO IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC edited by Fintan Vallely, Dublin,
1999.
canntaireachd
clarsach
Ireland-Scotland link
Ossianic ballads
panygeric songs
psalms
puirt-a-beul
Scottish Gaelic lyrical songs
waulking songs
| "Gaelic Song in Eastern Canada: Twentieth Century Reflections",
in Folksongs: Chansons, a special edition of Canadian Folklore
Canadien, Vol. 14, 2, Ottawa, Canada, 1992. |
| "The Pipers' Curiosity" in The Piping Times, Vol.
43, July l991, pp. 25-32. |
| Pipe tune from Willie MacPhee (Tocher 44, 1992 |
| "Musical Traditons of the Scots in Newfoundland",
The London Journal of Canadian Studies 1993. |
| 'Traditions of the Ceilidh', in Celtic Heritage, Halifax,
NS, Canada, 1999. |
| "Scottish Gaelic, English, and French: Some Aspects of
the Macaronic Traditions of the Codroy Valley, Newfoundland"
in Regional Languages Studies... Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland,
May l972, pp. 25-30. |
| "Gaelic Song Traditions in Newfoundland", By Word
of Mouth, Journal of the Scottish Oral History Group, Edinburgh,
l987. |
| "A Codroy Valley Milling Frolic" in Folklore Studies
in Honour of Herbert Halpert: A Festschrift, ed. K.S. Goldstein
and N.V. Roseneberg, Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore
and Language Publication Series, St. John's, Newfoundland, l980.
pp. 99-110. |
| "From Kennedy Fraser to the Jimmy Shandrix Experience
in Five Generations" in Crosbhealach an Cheoil: The Crossroads
Conference: Tradition and Change', Dublin, 1999. |
| "Introduction" to The Nineties Collection, T.M.S.A.
and Canongate, Edinburgh, 1995. |
| Scottish Folksong in For What Time I am in this World: Stories
from Mariposa, ed. Bill Usher & Linda Page-Harper, published
by Peter Martin Associates Ltd., Toronto, l977. |
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