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Bright Star of the West

Bright Star of the West

Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man

by Sean Williams and Lillis S Laoire
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/02/2016
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Bright Star of the West traces the life, repertoire, and influence of Joe Heaney, Ireland's greatest sean-nos ("old style") singer. Born in 1919, Joe Heaney grew up in a politically volatile time, as his native Ireland became a democracy. He found work and relative fame as a singer in London before moving to Scotland. Eventually, like many others searching for greater opportunity, he emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a doorman while supplementing his income with appearances at folk festivals, concerts and clubs. As his reputation and following grew, Heaney gained entry to the folk music scene and began leading workshops as a visiting artist at several universities. In 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Heaney America's highest honor in folk and traditional arts, the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship. Although Heaney's works did not become truly popular in his homeland until many years after his death, today he is hailed as a seminal figure of traditional song and is revered by those who follow traditional music.
ISBN:
9780190469627
9780190469627
Category:
Theory of music & musicology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-02-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
231x155x23mm
Weight:
0.4kg
Sean Williams

Sean Williams is a multi-award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling author for readers of all ages. With over four million published words, in the form of series, novels, short stories and poems that have been translated into multiple languages for readers around the world, he has worked with visual artists, dramaturges, composers and other writers on collaborative works that include stories set in the Star Wars and Doctor Who universes, original series created with Garth Nix, and a science-fiction musical performed at the National Museum in Canberra.

In 2017, he was the recipient of the Australian Antarctica Division's annual Arts Fellowship. His most recent novels Impossible Music and Her Perilous Mansion were nominated for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature and the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature respectively. Both are Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Books. As well as being a senior lecturer at Flinders University, he writes articles about creative writing; composes music that has been released internationally and commissioned for exhibitions, live performances, and the stage; and cooks a mean Brussels sprout.

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Theory of music & musicology Literature: history & criticism Individual composers & musicians Biography: arts & entertainment Folk & traditional music Biography: general 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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