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?’
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 |
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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 |
Publication series
Name | Fiddle and Dance Studies from around the North Atlantic 5 |
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Conference
Conference | North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Conference |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Derry/Londonderry |
Period | 27/06/12 → 1/07/12 |