Intro to Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 1

Rationale and Purpose of the Module: This module is an introduction to the growing field of traditional music and dance studies and will give the student an overview of some of the important features of these traditions.

Syllabus: Issues addressed in this module will be dance tune types and structure, English language song tradition, instrumentation, traditional music and dance in America in the first half of the twentieth century, the harp tradition to 1800, modern step dancing, ceili dancing.