Seán Ó Riada : his life and work / Tomás Ó Canainn.
By: Ó Canainn, Tomás [author]
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BookPublisher: Cork : Collins Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Description: 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1903464404 (paperback); 9781903464403 (paperback).Subject(s): Ó Riada, Seán | Musicians -- Ireland -- Biography | Music -- Bibliography | Musicians -- Ireland -- Biography | Biography | Fine arts: art forms | Musicians, singers, bands & groups | Biography: generalDDC classification: 780.92 ORI | 780.92 OCA Summary: From his schooldays in County Clare and his student days in Cork through to working in Dublin and Cork, Seán Ó Riada was first and foremost an artist. His contribution to jazz, classical and traditional Irish music is without parallel. The author was his friend and colleague up to his death in 1971.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 ORI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00207239 | ||
| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 ORI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00206437 | ||
| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 ORI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00204367 | |
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 780.92 OCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000576474 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sean O Riada (1931-1971) was a major factor in the rise of Irish traditional music in the second half of the twentieth century. He is one of Ireland's most fascinating and significant characters--composer, musician (jazz, classical, and traditional), director of music for the Abbey Theatre, raconteur, film-maker, and academic--and the man most influential in changing the direction, and popularity, of traditional music that set the stage for the success of bands like The Chieftains and Planxty. In this wide-ranging account of his life and work a friend and colleague looks behind the mask O Riada held up to the world and reveals the complex personality of a unique individual, the first composer of modern Ireland.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index.
From his schooldays in County Clare and his student days in Cork through to working in Dublin and Cork, Seán Ó Riada was first and foremost an artist. His contribution to jazz, classical and traditional Irish music is without parallel. The author was his friend and colleague up to his death in 1971.