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'Those Who Suffer Write the Songs' – Remembering Frank Harte (1933-2005) 'Those Who Suffer Write the Songs' – Remembering Frank Harte (1933-2005) Mick Moloney An appreciation of the late Dublin singer by Mick Moloney.
The Wrong Way to Listen to Music? Patrick Freyne In defence of philistinism.
Recent Publications in Irish Traditional Music Irish Traditional Music Archive Listings from the Irish Traditional Music ArchiveContinued from JMI July-August 2005CDS PUBLISHED 2005Clann Lir, vocal & instrumental group, Clann Lir, Fund for Development of Traditional Culture TF001CD. From RussiaDeegan, Dicky, uilleann pipes, Music...
Recent Publications in Contemporary Music Contemporary Music Centre Listings from the Contemporary Music CentreContinued from JMI July-August 2005NEW WORKS RECIEVED JUNE–JULY 2005Ball, Derek, Douceur sur douceur sur douceur [2005], rec cl va; The Tuba Gauge [2005], tuba; Buckley, Linda, jöklar [2005], pf; Moonsick...
James Wilson (1922-2005) James Wilson (1922-2005) Patrick Zuk An obituary of the composer.
A First for Roscommon Emer Mayock Irish Traditional Flute Music.
Comhthéacs Nua do Cheol na hÉireann Breandán Ó hEaghra Bob Quinn's Atlantean theory.
Where do we go from here? Ita Beausang Music schools, the IAMS and music education in Ireland.
Location: Ghetto or Niche? John McLachlan 'Concert hall versus everywhere else'.
Aloys Fleischmann and the idea of an Irish Composer Aloys Fleischmann and the idea of an Irish Composer Séamas de Barra Debates about the ‘Irishness’ of a composer’s music are not new in Ireland. The subject often occuppied Aloys Fleischmann, particularly as a young man in the 1930s. Séamas de Barra traces the development of his ideas and his early compositional style...

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