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Irish Folk Music Studies / Éigse Cheol Tíre

2 : 1974–75

Edited by Hugh Shields, Seóirse Bodley and Breandán Breathnach

CONTENTS

Cover picture of old piperPatrick Weston Joyce: the collector as editor Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh

Song chapbooks with Irish imprints in the Lauriston Castle collection E. B. Lyle

‘Caoine na dtrí Mhuire’: a religious ballad in Irish Alf Mac Lochlainn

Piper Jackson Breandán Breathnach

‘Bartok and folk music’: documents A. L. Lloyd

‘Tús an phoirt in Éirinn’.. a reply Declan F. Townsend

‘To the air of . . .’: addendum Leslie Shepard

Book reviews

Clár amhrán an Achréidh. Proinnsias Ni Dhorchaí (B. Breathnach); RILM abstracts of musical literature, Table of contents and cumulative index I–V, 1967–71 (H. Shields); Cecil Sharp’s collection of English folk songs, ed. Maud Karpeles (H. Shields); Andrew Crawfurd’s collection of ballads and songs, I, ed. E. B. Lyle (H. Shields); Doon the wagon way and The iron man, both ed. Michael Dawney (F. Jeal); Come day, go day, God send Sunday, ed. Robin Morton (M. Karpeles); Songs of the Wexford coast, ed. Joseph Ranson (T. Munnelly), Minstrelsy of Maine, ed. Fannie H. Eckstorm & Mary W. Smyth (W.H.A. Williams); The bagpipe. The history of a musical instrument, Francis Collinson (B. Breathnach); Dal gCais, 2 (Jos Koning); Énrí Ó Muirgheasa (1874–1945) and A man of Farney. A short story of the life of Henry Morris (P. Ó Conluain); Later English broadside ballads, ed. John Holloway & Joan Black (H. Shields); Bagpipes and tunings, Theodor H. Podnos (D. Sealy); Music from Ireland, II, ed. D. Bulmer & N. Sharpley (B. Breathnach).

Record reviews

Rann na Feirste. Ceol agus amhráin (S. Ó Baoill); Les sœurs Goadec agus Le Pardon des ‘Kan ha diskan’, ceol agus amhráin as Briotánais (N. Ó hUrmoltaigh); Discs of Irish interest from Folkways Records, 1951–73 (T. Munnelly & H. Shields); Arraneyn beeal-arrish Vannin, Manx traditional songs sung by Brian Stowell (B. Breathnach); Discs of Irish interest from Outlet Records (G.-D. Zimmermann); Freedom sons (The Wolfhound) (G.-D. Zimmermann); Discs of Irish interest from Topic Records (A. Mac Lochlainn); Through Dublin City, songs sung by Frank Harte (T. Munnelly), Come day, go day, God send Sunday, songs of John Maguire: see Book Reviews.

Recent publications (1973–74) Hugh Shields

Contents of Éigse Nos  1, 3, 4, 5-6

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