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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 ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... released an album of semi-traditional Celtic music, Irish Heartbeat, backed ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- equinox. Lughnasadh is one of the four Celtic seasonal festivals; along ... Since the latter twentieth century, Celtic neopagans have observed Lughnasadh ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- 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. ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- involving supernatural and fairy-world Celtic motifs. The word "lay ... century, we know of earlier lais of Celtic origin, perhaps more lyrical ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- ===Celtic music=== [[Image:Tinwhistles.jpg|thumb|left|150 px|Tinwhistles]] ... Celtic music may denote Breton or Galician music in addition to Irish ...49 KB (7,613 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- The Ossian cycle would influence Romantic music as well as literature. ... worthlessness as a transcript of actual Celtic poems do not alter the fact ...12 KB (1,859 words) - 16:03, 8 February 2023
- 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 ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- 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 ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- , Apellōn) was the god of light, truth, archery, music, medicine ... of herds and flocks and the patron of music and poetry. More importantly ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- ==Dublin and the Celtic Revival== In 1901, Moore returned to Ireland ... legacy would be his contributions to the Celtic Revival, especially the rise ...19 KB (2,827 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- addition to the team had renewed the promise of Celtic glory. ... Finals to the Houston Rockets. The 1986 Celtic team, which finished the ...29 KB (4,389 words) - 22:36, 22 October 2022
- 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 ...21 KB (3,308 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- engraving, painting, body ornamentation, music, and the painstaking decoration ... Vulgar Latin *crosus (not attested), from a Celtic root. ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (2,002 words) - 02:59, 2 May 2024
- 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 ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- Karen Ralls-MacLeod and Ian R. Robertson, The Quest for the Celtic ... name "Rosslyn" comes from two Celtic words: "Ros," meaning ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 22:26, 16 December 2022
- been joined by tourism, technology, film, music, and finance. ... of the major international centers for Celtic music. In main land Nova Scotia ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- that study the way cultures utilize music). A didgeridoo is usually ... The didgeridoo has also found a place in modern Celtic music. It can ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- by the title of his 1893 collection The Celtic Twilight, all which tended ... Revival” (otherwise known as the “Celtic Revival”). ...21 KB (3,324 words) - 15:42, 6 May 2023
- tradition as was otherwise prevalent in Celtic music. English folk songs were ... * Mathieson, Kenny. Celtic music. Third ear. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- commercialized. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the ... Halloween has origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
- language and folklore helped to precipitate the Celtic Revival in British literature. Often considered to be one of the greatest poets of the twentieth ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- that it is not prone, as was, for example, Celtic literature of the period ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Literature ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- parades and festivals, Irish traditional music sessions (céilithe), and ... Celebrations included Irish traditional music sessions (céilithe ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- dukes. The scholarship and culture of Celtic Christianity had developed ... where inaction might have encouraged the Celtic missionaries already active ...18 KB (2,721 words) - 14:47, 31 January 2023
- Both were inspired by Anglo-Saxon and Celtic forms, and both developed ... * Gabin, Jane S. A Living Minstrelsy: The Poetry and Music of Sidney ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 14:34, 27 January 2023
- most common string instruments in Western music are those in the violin, ... complex melodic, harmonic and contrapuntal music can be realized. The guitar ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- The term medieval music encompasses European music written during ... The only medieval music which can be studied is that which was written ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- to develop a unique bookhand called "Celtic" or "Insular," ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... The harmonica has become a respected parts of almost every genre of ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- folk music, blues, spirituals and Anglo-Celtic music |cultural_origins ... It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, ...40 KB (5,977 words) - 08:35, 10 January 2024
- Large numbers of Celtic people, mainly from Ireland and Scotland, ... slaves, Barbados turned from mainly Celtic in the seventeenth century ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- 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 ...19 KB (2,984 words) - 00:29, 25 March 2024
- 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 ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 23:12, 30 July 2023
- of lush Art Nouveau and something like Celtic Revival decorations, usually ... of lush Art Nouveau and something like Celtic Revival decorations, usually ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- He also utilized Ireland's Celtic tradition for poetic source ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Edmund_Spenser ...12 KB (1,990 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- This nomenclature is preserved in Romance, Slavic and Celtic languages (for example, Spanish cuaresma, Portuguese quaresma, French carême, Italian ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- In Scottish Celtic myth/lore, there is a story of Geal, Donn, and ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Literature ...20 KB (3,064 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada, located ... The island's cultural traditions of art, music, and creative ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- 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 ...32 KB (4,559 words) - 20:15, 20 January 2022
- 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 ...47 KB (7,182 words) - 13:41, 31 January 2023
- 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 ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- *1976 - Cork Celtic: 3 games, 0 goals *1976 - Los Angeles Aztecs: 24 ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Biography ...22 KB (3,398 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- travelers outside the village, where their music might be heard, and the traveler ... are common to many cultures, especially Celtic mythology. They particularly ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- * 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 ...17 KB (2,531 words) - 22:12, 30 November 2022
- 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 ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- 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 ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- and paraphrases, supplemented by Christian music. The typical service lasts ... *Dowden, John. The Celtic Church in Scotland: Being an Introduction ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
