On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean Songs

Taking as its subject the small Gaelic-speaking community of Tory Island off the Donegal coast of Ireland, this book tries to answer the deceptively simple question of why people sing. By focusing on aspects of song transmission and performance, showing h

Lillis o Laoire is visiting professor of Irish Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction Tory Island Songs and Singers

xi

Foundations: Toward an Ethnography

1

(22)

Ethnography: Practice and Theory

23

(20)

Lifting and Learning

43

(46)

The Mechanics of the Aesthetic

89

(36)

Performance of Song in Tory

125

(32)

The Emotional Matrix of Dance and Song

157

(26)

The Meaning of Song: An Interpretive Case Study

183

(50)

Song: Play, Performance, and Tragedy

233

(24)

Laughter and Tears

257

(26)

On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean

283

(4)

Appendix A: Music Sheet for Song by F. J. Farron

287

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On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean Songs and Singers in Tory Island, Ireland

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