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Brìgh an Òrain = A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan

Title
Brìgh an Òrain = A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan / translated and edited by John Shaw ; airs transcribed by Lisa Ornstein from field recordings ; foreword by Alistair MacLeod.
Author
MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991.
Publication
Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Ornstein, Lisa.
  • Shaw, John William.
Description
xxvii, 432 pages : illustrations music; 25 cm.
Summary
"A penetrating look at the life and work of a twentieth-century Gaelic singer-storyteller from Nova Scotia, Brigh an Orain - A Story in Every Song situates the inherited art of a fourth-generation Canadian Gael in its biographical, social, and historical contexts. It includes the words, music, and English translations for the songs plus an autobiography told in Lauchie MacLellan's usual entertaining style."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history
Uniform Title
McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.
Subject
  • MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991
  • Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic > Cape Breton Island
  • Tales > Cape Breton Island
  • Celts > Cape Breton Island > Folklore
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-427) and index.
ISBN
0773520635
LCCN
cn 00900478
OCLC
  • ocm43791089
  • SCSB-4127502
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries