Ancient Irish Airs and Dances the treatment provides numerous problems

the treatment provides numerous problems that require applications of theory and serve to supplement the textual material

has long been admired for its perceptive history and analysis of the origins and musical qualities of typical forms

medieval European

this survey by a journalist invented the genre of oral history a century before the term was coined

Ancient Irish Airs and Dances the treatment provides numerous problemsFrom the hopeful anticipation of Mary, do you fancy me? to the bitterness of Hag, you've killed me, this extraordinary compilation of Irish melodies runs the emotional gamut, with melancholy airs and sprightly reels aplenty. Its source material, The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, ranks among the most important 19th century collections of traditional Irish music, with its song texts in both Irish and English, plus George Petrie's