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Traditional Irish Music : a path to
new music
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Year : 2011
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Language : English
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This thesis is submitted to the Dublin Institute of Technology,
Conservatory of Music and Drama in the College of Arts and Tourism for
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy

I certify that this thesis which I now submit for examination for the award of Doctor of Philosophy, is entirely my own work and has not been taken from the work of others save and to the extent that such work has been cited and acknowledged within the text of my work.

This thesis was prepared according to the regulations for postgraduate study by research of the Dublin Institute of Technology and has not been submitted in whole or in part for an award in any other Institute or University.

The Institute has permission to keep, to lend or to copy this thesis in whole or in part on condition that any such use of the material of the thesis is duly acknowledged. One exception to this concerns the scores and music recordings of the works I have composed. The recordings may not be copied due to copyright issues with performers. The scores may only be partially copied for academic purposes. Complete copying of these scores would violate the copyright of these works as held by Frisbee Publications.

This dissertation is divided into four sections. The main focus concerns the presentation of a body of new music I have composed which brings elements of traditional Irish music together with elements of contemporary classical music. The compositions were primarily generated from three aspects of traditional Irish music: Instrumental Characteristics, Rhythm and Pitch. Discussion of these aspects is found in Chapter 3 in order to prepare the reader for the commentaries in Chapter 4.

Chapter 2, ‘The Notational Dilemma,’ is dedicated to discussing one of the main focuses of my research. The dominance of aural learning in the dissemination of traditional music and conversely the visual aid of sheet music in classical music has meant that many of the essential characteristics of traditional Irish music have rarely, if
ever, been analysed or notated in the detail that is expected for classical music. This results in great confusion when those with a stronger background in classical music attempt to analyse and/or learn about traditional Irish music. On the other hand it is a great challenge for many traditional musicians to perform music that is notated in more detail than they would be used to. I offer some possible solutions to this notational dilemma in this section.

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