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MUS Vocab Exam#3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bards | historians and musicians, high prestige; similar to west African Griots |
| Bloody 17th Century | 1600s; result of Oliver Cromwell slaughtering king and Irish, forcing them out of their homes |
| Captain Francis O' Neill | left western Ireland(poor) at age 16; flute player; became captain of Chicago police force; collected Irish tunes |
| Ceili | Irish dance party |
| Celtic Rock | combination of folk and rock |
| Chain Migration | one person connecting to another, telling them to migrate to specific place |
| Civil Service | Municipal jobs; often jobs for Irish immigrants; police, fire department, street driver, trash collector, etc. |
| Crossroads Dances | musical events conducted in secret at wide parts of road under moonlight; participatory, the oral transmission of music |
| Emigration | outward migration |
| Feis | competition |
| Fleadh Cheoil | World championship of Irish music |
| Great Famine | 1845-1849; massive crop failure in Ireland; 1 million died, 1 million left |
| Harp | modern symbol of ancient Ireland |
| Hedge Schools | The secret schooling of Irish children by priests on the run from authorities |
| Hell or Connaught | term used by Oliver Cromwell in Bloody 17th C to tell immigrants to move to poor, unfertile part of western Ireland or be killed |
| Immigration | inward migration |
| Receiving Cities | NYC, Boston, Montréal, Chicago |
| Riverdance | touring dance and music show; presentational music |
| Turlough O'Carolan | One of the last Bards; blind composer who created 200+ compositions; planxties |
| Written Transmission | written history; brought to Ireland in 425 by priests |
| Pre 400s | no written history, just archeology |
| 1500s | first English incursions |
| 1600s | Bards; bloody 17th C |
| 1700s | Penal laws; suppression of Irish Culture; last of great Irish harpers (Bards) |
| Liz Carroll | Chicago Irish-american fiddler; won championship at 17 and 18 years old |
| Michael Colemen | From county Sligo (poorest county in Ireland); Emigrated to NY; amazing fiddle player, 80+ records |
| No Irish Need Apply | Major pushback in NYC; didn't let Irish work |
| Nostalgia | looking fondly at the past; characteristic of Irish-American Music |
| O'Neill's Anthology | reference source for young Irish or Irish-American musicians |
| Oliver Cromwell | "Lord high protector"; slaughtered king, forced immigrants out of their homes |
| Oral Transmission | spoken word |
| Penal Laws | laws of punishment that suppressed Irish culture |
| Planxty | a tune in honor of someone |
| Terragonic | Earth-worshipping |
| 1910s | WW1; urbanization and new technology |
| 1930s | great depression |
| 1940s | WW2 - Industrialization |
| Zeitgeist | spirit of the age |
| Sessions | musicians playing music for each other |
| 1950s | prosperity |
| Back Beat | 4 beat rhythm, emphasis on 2+4; electric guitar, bass, drum set |
| British Isles | Island of Great Britain and Island of Ireland |
| Bubonic Plague in Ireland | 1200s+1300s; fleas on rats; wiped out Norman culture; destroyed urban areas, left the country alone |
| Domestic Service | in-home jobs; female Irish immigrants; cooking, cleaning, nanny |
| First Famine | 1740s; 400,00 dead over 2 years |
| Folk Revival | Era in American Popular Music; late 1950s, early 60s; getting back to their roots |
| "Golden Age of Recording" | 1920s |
| Monoculture | single dependent crop; Ireland - potato |
| Normans | 1100s |
| Rock n Roll | late 1950s, early 1960s; Backbeat - electric guitar, bass, drums |
| St Patrick | famous saint of Ireland; 423; brought literacy and Christianity |
| Vikings | 800s |
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