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  • In the ancient Celtic epic The Ulster Cycle, the Morrígan (a Celtic ... quot;keen," a lament at their funeral. Music in those times was often ...
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  • Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... released an album of semi-traditional Celtic music, Irish Heartbeat, backed ...
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  • equinox. Lughnasadh is one of the four Celtic seasonal festivals; along ... Since the latter twentieth century, Celtic neopagans have observed Lughnasadh ...
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  • Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...
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  • social science. He wrote on the local laws, music, literature, botany, and ... related, in turn, to Gothic and the Celtic languages, as well as to Persian. ...
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  • involving supernatural and fairy-world Celtic motifs. The word "lay ... century, we know of earlier lais of Celtic origin, perhaps more lyrical ...
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  • ===Celtic music=== [[Image:Tinwhistles.jpg|thumb|left|150 px|Tinwhistles]] ... Celtic music may denote Breton or Galician music in addition to Irish ...
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  • The Ossian cycle would influence Romantic music as well as literature. ... worthlessness as a transcript of actual Celtic poems do not alter the fact ...
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  • produced by striking metal bars. In blues music, the harmonica is often casually ... As European harps evolved to play more complex music, a key consideration ...
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  • communities to form a culture rich in both music and tradition. From 1763 ... violin style which falls within the Celtic music idiom. Cape Breton Island ...
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  • , Apellōn) was the god of light, truth, archery, music, medicine ... of herds and flocks and the patron of music and poetry. More importantly ...
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  • ==Dublin and the Celtic Revival== In 1901, Moore returned to Ireland ... legacy would be his contributions to the Celtic Revival, especially the rise ...
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  • addition to the team had renewed the promise of Celtic glory. ... Finals to the Houston Rockets. The 1986 Celtic team, which finished the ...
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  • on Sixth Avenue, across from Radio City Music Hall. Arnold coined the nickname ... $10,00 deal to take over the reigns as the Celtic's coach, and it was ...
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  • engraving, painting, body ornamentation, music, and the painstaking decoration ... Vulgar Latin *crosus (not attested), from a Celtic root. ...
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  • and Bray and studied piano, flute, violin, music theory and counterpoint at ... musician and went to Germany to study music. He stayed at Coblenz in ...
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  • is believed to have been invented by the Celtic people in Eastern Europe ... a myth probably originating from an English music hall comedy of the 1830s ...
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  • Karen Ralls-MacLeod and Ian R. Robertson, The Quest for the Celtic ... name "Rosslyn" comes from two Celtic words: "Ros," meaning ...
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  • been joined by tourism, technology, film, music, and finance. ... of the major international centers for Celtic music. In main land Nova Scotia ...
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  • that study the way cultures utilize music). A didgeridoo is usually ... The didgeridoo has also found a place in modern Celtic music. It can ...
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  • by the title of his 1893 collection The Celtic Twilight, all which tended ... Revival” (otherwise known as the “Celtic Revival”). ...
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  • tradition as was otherwise prevalent in Celtic music. English folk songs were ... * Mathieson, Kenny. Celtic music. Third ear. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat ...
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  • commercialized. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the ... Halloween has origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain ...
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  • language and folklore helped to precipitate the Celtic Revival in British literature. Often considered to be one of the greatest poets of the twentieth ...
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  • that it is not prone, as was, for example, Celtic literature of the period ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Literature ...
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  • parades and festivals, Irish traditional music sessions (céilithe), and ... Celebrations included Irish traditional music sessions (céilithe ...
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  • dukes. The scholarship and culture of Celtic Christianity had developed ... where inaction might have encouraged the Celtic missionaries already active ...
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  • Both were inspired by Anglo-Saxon and Celtic forms, and both developed ... * Gabin, Jane S. A Living Minstrelsy: The Poetry and Music of Sidney ...
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  • most common string instruments in Western music are those in the violin, ... complex melodic, harmonic and contrapuntal music can be realized. The guitar ...
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  • The term medieval music encompasses European music written during ... The only medieval music which can be studied is that which was written ...
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  • to develop a unique bookhand called "Celtic" or "Insular," ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure ...
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  • The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... The harmonica has become a respected parts of almost every genre of ...
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  • folk music, blues, spirituals and Anglo-Celtic music |cultural_origins ... It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, ...
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  • Large numbers of Celtic people, mainly from Ireland and Scotland, ... slaves, Barbados turned from mainly Celtic in the seventeenth century ...
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  • of diminutive people had once lived in the Celtic nations and British Isles ... as well, including novels, video games, and music. A notable example is Susanna ...
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  • a major role in reducing the influence of Celtic Christianity. Her influence ... the number of native speakers of Gaelic, a Celtic language similar to Irish ...
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  • of lush Art Nouveau and something like Celtic Revival decorations, usually ... of lush Art Nouveau and something like Celtic Revival decorations, usually ...
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  • He also utilized Ireland's Celtic tradition for poetic source ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Edmund_Spenser ...
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  • This nomenclature is preserved in Romance, Slavic and Celtic languages (for example, Spanish cuaresma, Portuguese quaresma, French carême, Italian ...
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  • In Scottish Celtic myth/lore, there is a story of Geal, Donn, and ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Literature ...
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  • The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada, located ... The island's cultural traditions of art, music, and creative ...
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  • of the city itself dates back to Celtic and later, Roman periods ... Settled in the fourth century B.C.E. by a Celtic tribe, the Scordisci, the ...
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  • the Christian West to become the official music of the Roman Catholic liturgy ... although in poetic or obscure ways that shed little light on how music ...
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  • and then in the third century B.C.E., a Celtic tribe, the Taurisci.City ... built a military encampment, possibly on Celtic fortifications, that later ...
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  • *1976 - Cork Celtic: 3 games, 0 goals *1976 - Los Angeles Aztecs: 24 ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Biography ...
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  • travelers outside the village, where their music might be heard, and the traveler ... are common to many cultures, especially Celtic mythology. They particularly ...
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  • * Music for Prague 1968 by Czech-born composer Karel Husa is a programme ... Waters has described it as "a kind of Celtic celebration of the Eastern ...
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  • Milan was founded around 600 B.C.E. by the Celtic Insubres, for whom this region ... Liturgical music differs, since the Gregorian chant was not used in ...
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  • 1993-2008, a period referred to as the Celtic Tiger years. In 2008, Dublin ... since 1759. Since the advent of the Celtic Tiger years, however, a large ...
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  • and paraphrases, supplemented by Christian music. The typical service lasts ... *Dowden, John. The Celtic Church in Scotland: Being an Introduction ...
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  • has been decreased in place of recorded music between innings and introducing ... Stadium took place on June 28, 1931, when Celtic F.C. beat the New York Yankees ...
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  • Hungary in the South. Its origins date to Celtic settlements in the fifth ... Liptov. Silver coins bearing the names of Celtic kings are the source of the ...
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  • lotus-flower; the white conch; the eternal (Celtic-style, infinitely looping) knot; the banner of imperial victory; the eight-spoked wheel that guides ...
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  • be traced back to the original, archetypal Celtic romance. Later traditions ... Chretien to write Cligès--a story with no Celtic antecedent--to make amends. ...
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  • and the first words of the dialogues. The Celtic versions of Cornwall and ... The 2008 performance included original music written by local composer ...
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  • Heavy metal is a sub-genre of rock music that emerged as a defined ... however, is the key element in heavy metal music. Weinstein, 23. ...
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  • Grateful Dead. The band amplified not only music and Garcia’s eclectic musicianship ... out of high school. He was passionate about music and all the formats that ...
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  • instrument in the world for spontaneous music and formal compositions ranging ... Often when playing certain types of music on the violin, notably folk ...
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  • Founded around 500 B.C.E., Vienna was originally a Celtic settlement ... and a cultural center for arts and science, music and fine cuisine. The Ottoman ...
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  • they could entrap human beings with their music and dance. Some elves were ... Gottfried Herder. The poem was later set to music by Franz Schubert. ...
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  • that Wagner described in his operas. The music of Wagner along with the ... details and vivid use of Ireland's Celtic heritage in his poems. In ...
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  • incorporating and transforming local folk music forms. As the popularity ... the middle and higher classes. Flamenco music also slipped in and out of ...
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  • toward religion, seeking solace in music and books. He read Henrik ... Paris), Roman (Romulus and Remus), Celtic (Tristan), German (heroes ...
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  • closely associated with the writers of the Celtic revival, many of whom were ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Abbey_Theatre|150171828 ...
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  • the Avignon Festival, featuring theater, music, dance, and film, draws some ... the Rhône may have been the site of a Celtic oppidum or hill fort. Avignon ...
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  • charismatic frontmen in the history of rock music. He has been referenced throughout ... family contact. By the time Morrison's music ascended to the top of the ...
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  • did not open until the arrival of the Boii Celtic tribe in the second century ... River, a successor to the acropolis of a Celtic town, part of the Roman Limes ...
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  • they could entrap human beings with their music and dance. Some elves were ... shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed ...
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  • with St George's Channel and the Celtic Sea. The ocean is responsible ... The main Celtic arrivals occurred in the Iron Age. The Celts, an Indo ...
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  • itself on a clergy, monasticism, liturgy, music. icons, festivals and processions ... reconstructed iterations of Hellenic, Celtic and Germanic religion, as ...
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  • to the region. These vary from the Anglo-Celtic influenced culture that has ... Australian Aboriginal music, dance, and art continue to have an influence ...
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  • category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:History 256168204 ...
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  • The culture until the mid-twentieth century was Anglo-Celtic, although ... transmitted orally. Australian Aboriginal music, dance and Australian Aboriginal ...
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  • It is rich in folklore, dance, soulful music, and pride in their forebears ... Mississippi generated rich, quintessentially American music traditions: ...
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  • The 1957-58 seasons marked a break from Celtic brass, and brought ... largely because Bill Russell, the Celtic coach and defensive juggernaut ...
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  • known to us; a particularly striking Celtic example is the Tara Brooch ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Jewelry|178136128 ...
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  • The origin of the name is probably the Celtic word Turus, a corroborating ... traces of a previously unknown pre-Roman Celtic (La Tène culture) settlement ...
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  • in visual arts and Igor Stravinsky in music, Joyce revolutionized the ... superior of many prominent members of the Celtic revival. His first full-length ...
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  • that was inhabited by the Belgae, a mix of Celtic and Germanic ... were the main livestock. From 500 B.C.E., Celtic tribes settled in the region ...
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  • the Rhine was a consequence of Germanic/Celtic unrest. The Suebi had recently ... that the basis for continuing the Celtic/Germanic campaign was a desire ...
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  • as did Norse skalds (lyric poets) and some Celtic bards, but the evidence on ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:literature ...
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  • The main Celtic arrivals occurred in the Iron Age. The Celts, an Indo ... monks to preserve parts of the extensive Celtic oral literature. The historicity ...
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  • archaeological cultures identified with Celtic, Germanic and Baltic tribes ... become very popular in the classical music of several countries. One ...
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  • match against Glasgow-based Scottish club Celtic at the end of 1970. However ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Biography ...
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  • songs of France, and the influence of Celtic music, with reels and songs that show a definite affinity with the traditional music of Canada& ...
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  • The Romans had many supporters among the Celtic tribal leaders, who agreed ... one deriving from historical waves of Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norse ...
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  • posited discrete gods of love (Aphrodite), music and technology (Apollo), ... Apollo was the god of light, dance, reason, music, archery and medicine, while ...
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  • served three seasons (1966–1969) as the Celtic player-coach, becoming the ... "Hey, Bill" defense: whenever a Celtic requested additional defensive ...
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  • playschool, where he first started to learn music, and then moved to Earlsford ... comparing them favorably with their Celtic Revival contemporaries and ...
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  • era. From the third century B.C.E. a Celtic people from northern and ... three years of the National Conservatory of Music in New York (1892–1895 ...
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  • The native population is ethnically a Celtic base with a French and Germanic ... Luxembourg's music and cultural heritage is Germanic. The national ...
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  • the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The ... The resurgence in the Celtic language and identity, as well as "regional ...
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  • engraving, painting, body ornamentation, music and the painstaking decoration ... (2000-800 B.C.E.), Indo-European and Proto-Celtic peoples spread across Western ...
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  • to Goal" a variant of the Celtic sport of hurling, described ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Rugby_union|152896440 ...
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  • migrations and invasions from Germanic, Celtic, Frankish, Lombard, Byzantine ... From folk to classical, music has always played an important role ...
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  • *In 2006 the Celtic folk rock band Debi Segal Gold, Tempest, [http://www.tempestmusic.com Tempest]. Retrieved November 1, 2007.released an album ...
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  • European tribes known as the Illyrians. Celtic migrations in the fourth ... Bosnian music is a mixture of ethnic Bosniak, Croat, Serb, Greek, ...
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  • the Conii, and took several decades. Celtic peoples and others occupied ... at least a cinema, some venues to listen to music and locations to see arts ...
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  • two centuries of war with the tenacious Celtic and Iberian tribes (from ... and formats. These include the popular Celtic music of Galicia, the singer ...
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  • *Celtic astrology ==Horoscopic Astrology== Horoscopic astrology is ... , Dialectic to Mercury, Rhetoric to Venus, Music to the Sun, Arithmetic to ...
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