January/February 2005

Redefining 'Irish Music' in America: Making the Case for Irish Classical Music

Redefining 'Irish Music' in America: Making the Case for Irish Classical Music

Redefining 'Irish Music' in America: Making the Case for Irish Classical Music

Fed up with the international notion of ‘Irish Music’ as simply ‘Irish traditional music’, musicologist Axel Klein travelled from Bonn to the USA last October to try and change some American minds. He tells JMI readers how he fared.

Published on 1 January 2005

Arnold Bax, the Fleischmanns and Cork

Arnold Bax, the Fleischmanns and Cork

Arnold Bax, the Fleischmanns and Cork

‘We all felt very lonely after you had gone. Your visit was like a part of an Irish fairy tale...’. Part and parcel of the British Composer Arnold Bax’s attachment to Ireland was his warm friendship with the Fleischmanns in Cork.

Published on 1 January 2005

Séamas de Barra is a composer and Senior Lecturer at the Cork School of Music.

From 2RN to International Meta-Community: Irish National Radio and Traditional Music

From 2RN to International Meta-Community: Irish National Radio and Traditional Music

From 2RN to International Meta-Community: Irish National Radio and Traditional Music

Selecting from such a rich body of music and song, and imposing an order on what is by nature chaotic, broadcasters of traditional music have always presented a varied cavalcade of programmes and performers.

Published on 1 January 2005

Nicholas Carolan is Director Emeritus of the Irish Traditional Music Archive.

Generation Gap

Generation Gap

Understanding the decline in the standard of traditional music CDs.

Published on 1 January 2005

Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.

Editorial: Intellectual Enterprise

Editorial: Intellectual Enterprise

Without giving away too much, one point raised in Axel Klein’s travelogue of his recent (and most enterprising) trip to the US can be commented upon here. Mr Klein suggests that it is ‘Irish people’ (and not he – who is German and based...

Published on 1 January 2005

Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.