Title: Carolan's biography and music
Product review: This is a very good book for musicians and scholars interested in the ancient Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan. The information about Carolan is limited, and this detracts slightly from the biographical portion. To be honest, however, other biographies have prejudiced our thinking. Current writing has trained us into thinking that the writer must give a complete portrait and life story. This just isn't available due to limited records. What is presented is good. Just as important is that all of the 200+ melodies attributed to Carolan are included. This is a treasure for musicians, especially harpers. It also gives some background on many of the pieces (the "planxies"). A good book.
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