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Title Brìgh an Òrain = A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan / translated and edited by John Shaw ; airs transcribed by Lisa Ornstein from field recordings ; foreword by Alistair MacLeod
Published Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 432 pages) : illustrations, maps, music
Series McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 8
McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 8.
Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Gaelic Singing and Broad Cove Parish -- Air Réir Mo Sgeula -- Na h-Òrain -- Na Sgeulachdan -- Notes -- Sources -- Index
Summary "A penetrating look at the life and work of a twentieth-century Gaelic singer-storyteller from Nova Scotia, Brigh an Orain - A Story in Every Song situates the inherited art of a fourth-generation Canadian Gael in its biographical, social, and historical contexts. It includes the words, music, and English translations for the songs plus an autobiography told in Lauchie MacLellan's usual entertaining style."--Jacket
Notes Principally biographical and critical commentary from various sources
Songs: p. [95]-299
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index
Notes Songs and tales in Gaelic with English translations; commentary in English
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Subject MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991 -- Criticism and interpretation
MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991
Singers -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Biography
Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island
Tales -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island
Celts -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Folklore
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Folk & Traditional.
Celts
Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic
Singers
Tales
MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991.
Chansons folkloriques gaeliques -- Nouvelle-Ecosse -- Cap-Breton, Ile du.
Contes -- Nouvelle-Ecosse -- Cap-Breton, Ile du.
Celtes -- Nouvelle-Ecosse -- Cap-Breton, Ile du -- Folklore.
Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore
Form Electronic book
Author Shaw, John William
Ornstein, Lisa
MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991. Songs. Selections.
LC no. 2002511373
ISBN 9780773568518
0773568514
9786612858703
6612858702
Other Titles Story in every song