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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.

Publication Info. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 432 pages) : illustrations, maps, music.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 8
McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 8.
Note Principally biographical and critical commentary from various sources.
Songs: p. [95]-299.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language Songs and tales in Gaelic with English translations; commentary in English.
Subject MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991 -- Criticism and interpretation.
MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991.
Criticism and interpretation.
MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991.
Singers -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Biography.
Singers.
Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island.
Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic.
Tales -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island.
Tales.
Celts -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Folklore.
Celts.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Added Author Shaw, John William.
Ornstein, Lisa.
MacLellan, Lauchie, 1910-1991. Songs. Selections.
Added Title Story in every song
Other Form: Print version: Brìgh an Òrain. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000 0773520635 (DLC) 2002511373 (OCoLC)43791089
ISBN 9780773568518 (electronic book)
0773568514 (electronic book)
9780773520639
0773520635