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folk music8
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Lewis, Cathy Laura4
O Cathain, Darach3
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Broadhead, Bernard1
Dent, Alan1
Poor, Edith1
Shcherbakova, T1

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Darach Ó Catháin: Traditional Irish Singer

Lewis, Cathy Laura

1973

A project which focusses on the life and song repertoire of an Irish singer, Darach Ó Catháin, living in Leeds , and comprising a brief biography, verbatim transcripts of field notes not duplicated ...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Dent, Alan; Russell, Ian

December 1970

Assembled company singing carols in the Sportsman pub, Crosspool, Sheffield, on the 12 December 1970. [Tr. 1]

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︠T︡Syganskoe muzykalʹnoe ispolnitelʹstvo i tvorchestvo v Rossii

Shcherbakova, T

1984

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-[172]).

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

November-December 1970

Assembled company singing carols in the Sportsman pub, Lodge Moor, Sheffield, on 28 November 1970. Bernard Broadhead sings 'Christmas Tree'. [Tr. 1]

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A Study of the Musical Ornamentation in the Traditional Singing Style of Darach Ó Catháin

Poor, Edith

1974

An examination of the singing style of Darach Ó Catháin, an Irishman living in Leeds, through analysis of his singing of one song, 'John O' Reilly'. The project comprises three sections: an explanat...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

13 May 1973

Darach Ó Catháin, recorded in Leeds [conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A576r]; sings 'John O' Reilly' and 'Caiptín O' Maílle' [in Gaelic]; gives translation of some of the lines,...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

20 May 1973

Darach Ó Catháin, recorded in Leeds; talks about his date of birth, the date of the Irish music festival (October 1971) referred to in a previous interview; his acting and play performed in County M...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

May 1973

The Irish singer, Darach Ó Catháin [DOC], recorded on 7 May 1973 in Leeds; talks about coming to Leeds in 1960; reference to Brendan Behan and Seán Ó Riada [SOR]; singing and first meeting with th...

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