Focus
Location: Ghetto or Niche?
'Concert hall versus everywhere else'.
Aloys Fleischmann and the idea of an Irish Composer
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...
Looking for the Irish Bartók
The ‘Irish Bartók’ question has been around for decades, but is there still some value in the concept? Composer David Flynn argues that there is, and that now is the time for a new engagement by Irish composers with Irish traditional music and musicians.
...traditional arts news...
The Arts Council has announced that it intends implementing a new three-year initiative for the traditional arts beginning with an allocation of €3 million in 2006, a figure which will increase in 2007 and 2008. This 2006 figure is a four-fold increase...
Clasaiceach agus Gaelach: 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire' le Peadar Ó Riada
Go stairiúil, ní mórán de cheangal atá idir an Ghaeilge ná an Ghaeltacht agus ceol clasaiceach de bharr deighilt aicme agus tíreolaíochta. Iontas na n-iontas mar sin go bhfuil ceoltóir/cumadóir...
Recent Publications in Contemporary Music
Listings from the Contemporary Music CentreContinued from JMI May-June 2005NEW WORKS RECEIVED, MAY-JUNE 2005Alcorn, Michael, Synapse [2002], 3333 4331 3 perc pf str, live electronics. Ball, Derek, Mettre de l'ambiance, fl cl vc; Voilà, va-solo,...
