Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
• Demonstrate in oral and written form an understanding of, and a familiarity with, various forms of instrumental music and song in Ireland, among its neighbours as well as the diaspora;
• Recognize the contributions of individual performers and collectors of music and song from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century;
• Identify and define specific musical genres and styles from both emic and etic perspectives
• Describe the relevance and function of song and music within particular social contexts; Compare the role of music and song as dynamic expressions of Irish identity
• Trace the historical transformation of performances alongside the development of ethnographic methods in collecting traditional music and song in Ireland and beyond;
• Assess and critique the contribution and authenticity of the work of Irish collectors at home and internationally alongside their relationship with international collaborators in Ireland and abroad;
• Communicate personal knowledge of the impacts of linguistic, cultural and social contexts upon the performance and collection of music and song through self-reflective lenses.