Sound Recording, Ireland
Description
Junior Crehan, recorded in Mullagh (County Clare), plays a number of fiddle tunes, and in between talks about from whom he learned some of them (slow airs, dance music); also talks about a pipe player playing at local fairs; the pipe player Willy Clancey; Gaelic tune re. a boating accident (recites words of song); discusses Gaelic language and its teaching in schools; learning the fiddle as a boy, playing for dances/weddings, comments and help from Teddy Casey; playing style, tempi; comments on commercial recordings and their effect on live music making; learning tunes; playing for dances at country houses (in kitchens, c. 100 people). Talk of Dancing Master and picking up a tune; describes movements to a set dance; discusses playing technique and musicians for country house dance sets; comments on current fiddlers. 3 of 6.
Metadata
| Identifier | znvbznfn |
| IRN | 414344 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A294r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/znvbznfn |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Taylor, Barry Roy |
| Date | 8 July 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 91' 08". |