Williams, Sean - Bright Star of the West

Bright Star of the West examines the life, repertoire, and influence of Ireland's greatest sean-nos (old-style) singer, Joe Heaney (1919-1984).

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CONTENTS

Introduction: Singing the Dark Away
Part One: Sean-nos Singing
1. Sean-nos Singing in Theory and Practice
2. The Performance of Sean-nos in Connemara
Part Two: The Iconic Repertoire
3. Singing the Famine
4. The Religious Laments
5. The Medieval Transformed
Part Three: Masculinity in a Musical Context
6. Irish Masculinities: The Irish Tenor and the Sean-nos Singer
7. Fighting Words, Fighting Music: The Performative Male
Part Four: Joe Heaney in America
8. The Irishman at the Threshold
9. The Folk Revival and the Search for Authenticity
Guide to Pronunciation
References
Discography
Index

Series	American Musicspheres