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PublisherUniversity of Tennessee Press

ISBN-101621905551

ISBN-139781621905554

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309875612

Product Key Features

Number of Pages144 Pages

Publication NameBodhrán : Experimentation, Innovation, and the Traditional Irish Frame Drum

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Musical Instruments / Percussion, Ethnic

Publication Year2020

TypeTextbook

AuthorColin F. Harte

Subject AreaMusic

SeriesCharles K. Wolfe Music Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-004175

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal786.9519

SynopsisIn the past fifty years, the bodhrán, or traditional Irish circular frame drum, has undergone a rapid evolution in development. Traditionally, it is a shallow drum ranging from ten to twenty-six inches in diameter, covered in goatskin on the top (or drum) side and open on the other. Unlike any other instrument associated with Irish traditional music, the bodhrán has been dramatically altered by its confrontation with modern instrument design, performance techniques, and musical practice. Colin Harte's The Bodhrán: Experimentation, Innovation, and the Traditional Irish Frame Drum presents a definitive history of the bodhrán from its early origins to its present-day resurgence in Irish American folk music. The bodhrán has global roots and bears many characteristics of older drums from northern Africa and the Middle East. Harte picks up on these basic similarities and embarks on an engaging tour of the instrument's historical and organological development, gradual evolution in playing styles, and more recent history of performative practice. Drawing from a host of interviews over a multi-year period with participants primarily located in Europe and North America, this work provides a platform for multiple perspectives regarding the bodhrán. Participants include bodhrán makers, professional performers, educators, amateur musicians, historians, and enthusiasts. Growing out of rich ethnographic interviews, this book serves as the definitive reference for understanding and navigating the developments in the bodhrán's history, organology, performance practices, and repertoire., In the past fifty years, the bodhr n, or traditional Irish circular frame drum, has undergone a rapid evolution in development. Traditionally, it is a shallow drum ranging from ten to twenty-six inches in diameter, covered in goatskin on the top (or drum) side and open on the other. Unlike any other instrument associated with Irish traditional music, the bodhr n has been dramatically altered by its confrontation with modern instrument design, performance techniques, and musical practice. Colin Harte's The Bodhr n: Experimentation, Innovation, and the Traditional Irish Frame Drum presents a definitive history of the bodhr n from its early origins to its present-day resurgence in Irish American folk music. The bodhr n has global roots and bears many characteristics of older drums from northern Africa and the Middle East. Harte picks up on these basic similarities and embarks on an engaging tour of the instrument's historical and organological development, gradual evolution in playing styles, and more recent history of performative practice. Drawing from a host of interviews over a multi-year period with participants primarily located in Europe and North America, this work provides a platform for multiple perspectives regarding the bodhr n. Participants include bodhr n makers, professional performers, educators, amateur musicians, historians, and enthusiasts. Growing out of rich ethnographic interviews, this book serves as the definitive reference for understanding and navigating the developments in the bodhr n's history, organology, performance practices, and repertoire.

LC Classification NumberML1038.B63H37 2020