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Moran, Angela.

Irish Music Abroad : Diasporic Sounds in Birmingham. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012. - 1 online resource (223 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; IRISHWORDS AND ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

Irish music enjoyed popularity across Europe and North America in the second half of the twentieth century. Regional circumstances created a unique reception for such music in the English Midlands. This book is a musical ethnography of Birmingham, 1950-2010. Initially establishing geographical and chronological parameters, the book cites Birmingham's location at the hub of a road and communications network as key to the development of Irish music across a series of increasingly visible, publ ...

ISBN: 9781443843805 (electronic bk.) 1443843806 (electronic bk.)

Source: 9781443843805 Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB741304 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017933177 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Folk songs, Irish--England--Birmingham.
Chansons folkloriques irlandaises--Angleterre--Birmingham.
Music: styles & genres.
Society & culture: general.
Urban communities.
MUSIC--Ethnic.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Folk & Traditional.
Folk songs, Irish.
Manners and customs.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Birmingham (England)--Social life and customs.
England--Birmingham.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: M1744 .M384 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 781.629162042496