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Module Recommendations
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Co-requisite Modules
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Requirements
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| Indicative Content |
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Music and Expression
Courtly traditions; the rise of Opera; Civic, Religious and Public Music
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Musical Style
The genesis and evolution of the principal musical forms; the rise of the orchestra; the piano; dissemination
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Music and Ideology
Nationalism expressed in the music of the 19th and 20th centuries; aesthetics; serialism and other trends
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The Irish Tradition
The history of Traditional Irish Music; the principal instruments of the Tradition; solo and ensemble playing; sean-nós singing
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Dance Music and Airs
The principal genres and forms of traditional instrumental music; regional styles of performance; contemporary trends
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Cultural Context
The place of music in society; the living tradition; performance practice; crossing the boundaries
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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- Richard Taruskin 2014, Oxford History of Western Music, college Edition Ed., OUP London [ISBN: 0195097629]
- Paul Griffiths 2009, A Concise History of Western Music, First Ed., Cambridge University Press [ISBN: 0521133661]
- Fintan Vallely 2011, Companion to Irish Traditional Music, 2nd Ed., Cork University Press [ISBN: 1859184502]
- William H. Grattan Flood 2008, A History of Irish Music, Dodo Press [ISBN: 140992436X]
- Ó Canainn, Tomás 2003, Seán Ó Riada: His Life and Work, Collins Press
- Seán Ó Riada; edited by Thomas Kinsella; music editor: Tomás Ó Canainn 1982, Our musical heritage, Fundúireacht an Riadaigh, Dublin [ISBN: ISBN:ISBN 0-85105-389-0]
- Ó Canainn, Tomás 1993, Traditional music in Ireland,, Ossian Cork [ISBN: 10: 0946005737]
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| Other Resources |
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- Website: ITMAIrish Traditional Music Archive
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