The Music of Ireland
History of Ireland Historians estimate humans settled around 10,000 years ago The Celts came to Ireland from mainland Europe around 300 bc The Celts influenced the Irish (Gaelic) language Scandinavian Vikings founded Dublin in 988 Influence faded when Irish king took back over Power struggles between Britain and ireland
History Cont. Potato famine 1845-1847 Potato blight Between 1845 and 1851 two million died/migrated war of independence Irish Republican Army waged war against British forces from 1919 to 1921 December 1921 a treaty was signed by the Irish and British authorities divided into Northern Ireland (6 counties) and the Irish Free State (26 counties) in 1922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= GVoWUnKA18k Irish national anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= GVoWUnKA18k
The Irish fiddle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGAREuYVNDY
Texture in the previous video Timbre describes all of the aspects of a musical sound that do not have anything to do with the sound’s pitch, loudness, or length. Timbre is caused by the fact that each note from a musical instrument is a complex wave containing more than one frequency. Compare the timbre of the fiddle and the flute in the video we just watched
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TajwrVcLRaA
Sources http://www.livinginireland.ie/en/culture_society/a_brief_history_of_ireland/ http://fiddlingaround.co.uk/ireland/index.html