The globalization of Irish traditional song performance
An edition of The globalization of Irish traditional song performance (2013)
By Susan H. Motherway
Publish Date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Language
eng
Pages
228
Description:
"In The Globalization of Irish Traditional Song Performance Susan Motherway examines the ways in which performers mediate the divide between local and global markets by negotiating this dichotomy in performance practice. In so doing, she discusses the globalizing processes that exert transformative influences upon traditional musics and examines the response to these influences by Irish traditional song performers. In developing this thesis the book provides an overview of the genre and its subgenres, illustrates patterns of musical change extant within the tradition as a result of globalization, and acknowledges music as a medium for re-negotiating an Irish cultural identity within the global.