The Lotus Dickey Songbook

The Lotus Dickey Songbook
Title The Lotus Dickey Songbook PDF eBook
Author Lotus Dickey
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 296
Release 2005
Genre Music
ISBN 9780253218087

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Long-awaited new edition of the songs of a legendary Hoosier musician, including a CD.

Old-Time Music and Dance

Old-Time Music and Dance
Title Old-Time Music and Dance PDF eBook
Author John Bealle
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 372
Release 2005-08-31
Genre Music
ISBN 9780253111685

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In the summer of 1972, a group of young people in Bloomington, Indiana, began a weekly gathering with the purpose of reviving traditional American old-time music and dance. In time, the group became a kind of accidental utopia, a community bound by celebration and deliberately void of structure and authority. In this joyful and engaging book, John Bealle tells the lively history of the Bloomington Old-Time Music and Dance Group -- how it was formed, how it evolved its unique culture, and how it grew to shape and influence new waves of traditional music and dance. Broader questions about the folk revival movement, social resistance, counter culture, authenticity, and identity intersect this delightful history. More than a story about the people who forged the group or an extraordinary convergence of talent and creativity, Old-Time Music and Dance follows the threads of American folk culture and the social experience generated by this living tradition of music and dance.

The American Midwest

The American Midwest
Title The American Midwest PDF eBook
Author Andrew R. L. Cayton
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 1918
Release 2006-11-08
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0253003490

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This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.

150 Gems of Irish Music for Flute

150 Gems of Irish Music for Flute
Title 150 Gems of Irish Music for Flute PDF eBook
Author Grey E. Larsen
Publisher Mel Bay Publications
Pages 133
Release 2016-07-06
Genre Music
ISBN 1619114151

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Grey Larsen, in the 150 Gems collections, has given us a most welcome follow-up to his encyclopedic volume, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle (Mel Bay Publications, 2003) and The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox (Mel Bay Publications, 2004). The Gems feature not only meticulously-selected tunes, but represent the first major offerings that use Larsen's innovative system of notating Irish ornamentation. These books and online audio will help players gain a deeper understanding of the Irish musical tradition as well as provide new material to enhance the experience of the solo player and Irish session participant alike. Includes access to online audio.

300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments

300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments
Title 300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments PDF eBook
Author Grey E. Larsen
Publisher Mel Bay Publications
Pages 121
Release 2013-11-11
Genre Music
ISBN 1619114402

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From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, comes 300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments. These 300 tunes, selected from among the author's favorites, are notated in a style that makes them accessible to players of fiddle, flute, whistle, accordion, concertina, harp, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, banjo, uilleann pipes - to all melody players.Here you will find some of the most beautiful tunes in the storehouse of Irish music - session standards and rare treasures alike - tunes that will help both the performer and the Irish session participant build a vibrant and varied repertoire.Many of the transcriptions pay homage to recordings by famous Irish musicians and groups such as Matt Molloy (of the Chieftains), Martin Hayes, Sharon Shannon, Mary Bergin, Kevin Burke, James Kelly, Willie Clancy, Altan, the Bothy Band and the Mulcahy Family, as well as to early 20th century recordings from revered Irish masters Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran, Dennis Murphy, Bobby Casey, Paddy Canny and others.

150 Gems of Irish Music for Tin Whistle

150 Gems of Irish Music for Tin Whistle
Title 150 Gems of Irish Music for Tin Whistle PDF eBook
Author Grey E. Larsen
Publisher Mel Bay Publications
Pages 141
Release 2016-02-12
Genre Music
ISBN 1619113805

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Grey Larsen, in the 150 Gems collection, has given us a most welcome follow-up to his encyclopedic volume, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle (Mel Bay Publications, 2003) and The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox (Mel Bay Publications, 2004). The Gems feature not only meticulously-selected tunes, but represent the first major offerings that use Larsen's innovative system of notating Irish ornamentation. This book and online audio will help players gain a deeper understanding of the Irish musical tradition as well as provide new material to enhance the experience of the solo player and Irish session participant alike.

Down the Back Lane: Variation in Traditional Irish Dance Music

Down the Back Lane: Variation in Traditional Irish Dance Music
Title Down the Back Lane: Variation in Traditional Irish Dance Music PDF eBook
Author GREY E. LARSEN
Publisher Mel Bay Publications
Pages 52
Release 2013-12-10
Genre Music
ISBN 1619114488

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From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle comes a work for players of all melody instruments that probes deeply into the art of variation in traditional Irish dance music. At the heart of Down the Back Lane are the accompanying audio recordings. The author plays eight traditional tunes on Irish flute and tin whistle, each three timesthrough, complete with beautiful variations. He notates each performance inmeticulous detail and offers insightful comments on each one. We get a rare and intimate view into the intuitive musical mind of a masterful player, along with extensive information on ornamentation, phrasing, articulation, dynamics and much more.Though the author plays the tunes on flute and whistle, he has carefully designed the book to be useful to players of all melody instruments.