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Scholarcast 1: PJ Mathews - Doing Something Irish: From Thomas Moore to Riverdance
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English - March 12, 2008 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 KB - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsEducation ucd scholarcast art culture literature english dcu paige reynolds frank mcguinness claire wills Homepage Download IPFS Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Scholarcast Series 1 Introduction
Like Moore’s Melodies, Bill Whelan’s Riverdance has become the stable signifier of a complex cultural moment. The innovation and appeal of his music lies in his ability to interrogate and transcend the highly compartmentalised divisions within Irish music which can be traced back to Yeats’s rejection of Moore’s songs.