Sources of Information on Music in Medieval Ireland--Notes and References

The Compass Rose, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2002

Sources of Information on Music in Medieval Ireland

by

Laura Felton

Notes and References

Notes

For instance, the medieval horn made of yew with bronze from Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh, circa 700-800 AD (Buckley 2000:172).
For an example of what a medieval cruit might have looked like, see Altramar 1999: Inside front cover.
An example of a late medieval Irish harp (Trinity College harp, circa 14th c.), see Rimmer 1969:32.
For the "earliest illustration of a trilateral harp, on Breac Maedoic (The Shrine of St Mogue)" (stone work harper, circa 1100 AD), see Buckley 2000:168.
A secular banquet in medieval Ireland, depicts a harper seated on the ground on the far right (woodcut: harper and reciter; circa 1581 AD; Buckley 2000:174).

References Cited

Altramar. Liner Notes to Crossroads of the Celts. New York: Dorian, DOR-93177, 1999.

Buckley, Ann. "'and his voice swelled like a terrible thunderstorm …'" Irish Musical Studies. (1995): 13-76

Buckley, Ann. "Music and Musicians in Medieval Irish Society." Early Music. XXVIII/2 (May 2000): 165-190.

Buckley, Ann. "Music in medieval Irish society." Harpa: Internationales Harfen-Journal. 11/1993. 19-31.

De Paor, Maire, and Liam De Paor. Early Christian Ireland. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1958.

Flood, Wm. H. Grattan. A History of Irish Music. Dublin: Browne and Nolan Ltd., 1905.

Hamilton, Noel. "'Ancient' Irish Music." Proceedings of the first North American Congress of Celtic Studies. (March, 1986): 283-291.

Harrison, Alan. "Tricksters and Entertainers in the Irish Tradition." Proceedings of the first North American Congress of Celtic Studies. (March, 1988): 293-307.

Hennessy, W.M., and D.H. Kelly, eds. and trans. St. Caillin. Book of Fenagh. Dublin: Alexander Thom, 1875.

Joyce, P.W. A Social History of Ancient Ireland. Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd., 1920.

O'Meara, John, trans. Gerald of Wales. The History and Topography of Ireland. England: Penguin Books, 1982.

Richter, Michael. The Formation of the Medieval West. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.

Richter, Michael. Medieval Ireland: The Enduring Tradition. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.

Rimmer, Joan. The Irish Harp. Boston: Cresendo Pub. Co., 1969.

Sayers, William. "The Bound and the Binding: The Lyre in Early Ireland." Proceedings of the first North American Congress of Celtic Studies. (March, 1986): 365-385.

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