Introduction

Liz Doherty; Fintan  Vallely

Introduction

Liz Doherty, Fintan Vallely

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Abstract

Traditional music has moved from a primary purpose of servicing dance, to expressing artistic preference. This is particularly so for the fiddle, one of the most versatile, accessible and universal of acoustic instruments. The 2012 NAFCo conference set out to explore its current popularity in North Atlantic musics in terms of the shift of folk cultures’ interest from social process to aesthetic product. The outer fringes of traditional melody-making
now shade into other forms – jazz, contemporary classical, rock and pop – and indeed the antithesis of genre,so-called ‘world’ music. In 2012 we asked the questions: ‘Is Alan Lomax’s
“cultural grey-out” to become reality?’ and, ‘Will traditional fiddling decompose into a cloud of intermeshed idioms and clichés expounded with fabulous but empty virtuosity?’

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ón gCos go Cluas
Subtitle of host publication	From Dancing to Listening
Editors	Liz Doherty, Fintan Vallely
Publisher	Aberdeen University Press
Pages	ix-x
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-85752-073-6
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Conference - Northern Ireland, Derry/Londonderry, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Jun 2012 → 1 Jul 2012

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Name	Fiddle and Dance Studies from around the North Atlantic 5

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Conference	North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Derry/Londonderry
Period	27/06/12 → 1/07/12

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