Cànan & CultarWilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 - 294 pages This volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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... song . The stanzas were generally sung by one person while the rest of the group joined the chorus . At various points the dancers performed some short pantomimic action which depicted characters or actions in the song . The concept of song ...
... song . The stanzas were generally sung by one person while the rest of the group joined the chorus . At various points the dancers performed some short pantomimic action which depicted characters or actions in the song . The concept of song ...
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... song tradition in Gaelic Scotland . Even the renowned nineteenth- century folklorist J. F. Campbell implied a connection between work songs and dance in his evocative description : ' There are songs composed in a particular rhythm for ...
... song tradition in Gaelic Scotland . Even the renowned nineteenth- century folklorist J. F. Campbell implied a connection between work songs and dance in his evocative description : ' There are songs composed in a particular rhythm for ...
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... song , this woman's troubles make her more , not less , sensitive to the pain of another creature . She takes the swan home and nurses her back to health . Swans are birds of good omen in Gaelic tradition , so we might still see an ...
... song , this woman's troubles make her more , not less , sensitive to the pain of another creature . She takes the swan home and nurses her back to health . Swans are birds of good omen in Gaelic tradition , so we might still see an ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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