Write your answers to the following questions (50-75 words per question):How would you assess your understanding of Irish music and do you associate any of its aspects with American folk music? (5 pts)
Before watching the video, read the complete description below:Eleanór a Rún sung by Róisín El Safty at the Willie Clancy Summer School, Miltown Malbay. The love song Eleanor a Run (Eleanor my secret love) is unusual in that it is in the form of a dialogue. It was composed in the sixteenth century but became attributed to the early seventeenth-century harper Cearbhal Ua Dalaigh because of his love poems to Eleanor Cavanagh, daughter of Sir Morgen Cavanagh of Clonmullen Castle, Co. Carlow. The melody of the song was included in Charles Coffey’s opera The Beggar’s Wedding in 1728 and Edward Bunting published a variant of the air in his A General Collection of Ancient Irish Music (1796) which he collected from the harper Denis Hempson.
Now watch the following video. Thinking about the HIP approach and knowing what the song is about, what is your objective understanding of this song and how do you assess the singing style? (10 pts)
Based on material presented in the textbook and online, identify two points that reinforced or transformed your perception of the music of Ireland. (5 pts)
Write your answers to the following questions (50-75 words per question):How wou
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