Search results for "Celtic music" - New World Encyclopedia
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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 ...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) - 17:25, 12 May 2024