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Last Night's Fun
A Book About Irish Traditional Music
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by Ciaran Carson
North Point Press
Due/Published
March 1998, 198 pages,
paper
ISBN
0865475318
Another book that you might not expect to find here, but that's what Just for Fun (This book is in the Music section, too) is all about. Each chapter takes the name of a tune . . . and like any session, one tune leads to the next. It's a great idea for a book that blends history, tradition, story, and music. Carson is an award winning poet and a flute player. He adds his own Belfast childhood, his learning to play music, travels in Ireland and America into the mix, and the result can be as surprising as a standard tune heard in a completely new way. |
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