Paperback. Now available in paperback, this fully illustrated volume traces the emergence of Welsh traditional music through the ages and is complemented throughout with more than 200 musical examples. Phyllis Kinney's Welsh Traditional Music covers the traditional music of Wales from its beginnings through to the present day, providing musical analysis and placing its material firmly into a social and historical context. Among the many different forms of Welsh traditional music discussed are seasonal music (including wassail songs, Christmas and May carols and Plygain carols), folk drama, ballad-singing, the relevance of the eisteddfod and the musical journals of the nineteenth century. Additionally, the book includes a history of song collecting from the eighteenth century to the establishment and ongoing activities of the Welsh Folk-Song Society in the twentieth; both the instrumental and the vocal traditions are examined, as well as the uniquely Welsh tradition of 'cerdd dant'. This is a work of pioneering scholarship that accounts for Welsh traditional music within the context of a greater Welsh musical tradition. A handsomely illustrated volume tracing the emergence of Welsh traditional music through the ages, complemented with musical examples. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Welsh Traditional Music (Paperback)
Publisher: University of Wales Press, Wales
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1783168579
ISBN 13: 9781783168576
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Even as music of the British Isles has been celebrated and studied worldwide, Welsh traditional music has been almost entirely neglected, both by the public and by scholars. With this volume, Phyllis Kinney fills that gap. Covering Welsh traditional music from its origins through the present, and featuring an extensive selection of musical examples,the book places the whole of Welsh music in its cultural and historical context and will be the definitive book on the topic in English.

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Phyllis Kinney is a former opera singer and an acknowledged authority on Welsh traditional music.

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