Research Catalog

Songs remembered in exile : traditional Gaelic songs from Nova Scotia recorded in Cape Breton and Antigonish County in 1937, with an account of the causes of Hebridean emigration, 1790-1835

Title
Songs remembered in exile : traditional Gaelic songs from Nova Scotia recorded in Cape Breton and Antigonish County in 1937, with an account of the causes of Hebridean emigration, 1790-1835 / edited by John L. Campbell ; tunes mostly transcribed by Séamus Ennis.
Publication
Aberdeen : Aberdeen University Press, 1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
Notated musicRequest in advance M1678 .S66 1990Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Campbell, John Lorne, 1906-1996.
  • Ennis, Seamus.
Description
1 score (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic > Nova Scotia
  • Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic > Scotland
  • Folk music > Nova Scotia
  • Folk music > Scotland
  • Scots > Nova Scotia > Music
  • Folk music
  • Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic
  • Scots
  • Nova Scotia
  • Scotland
  • Scottish Gaelic songs
  • Nova Scotia
Genre/Form
Music.
Note
  • Unacc. melodies; includes English translations of the words printed as text.
  • Errata slip inserted.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and indexes.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
Contents
The 1937 visit to Cape Breton and Antigonish County -- The 1953 visit -- Into exile: emigration from Barra to Cape Breton, 1780-1835 -- The singers and their songs (60 Gaelic folk songs).
ISBN
  • 008037977X
  • 9780080379777
LCCN
92166657
OCLC
  • 1156629043
  • on1156629043
  • SCSB-2812933
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries