Beating Time
A unique, newly-researched, full history of the tambourine and bodhrán in Ireland
The bodhrán drum has become a symbol of Ireland, as well known by now as the harp. Remarkably, it became visible only in the mid-1900s, but rapidly achieved a tremendous popularity. Beating Time examines this story, showing that today’s bodhran isn’t the oldest Irish-music instrument, but the newest. It draws evidence from archaeology, museums, printed and painted images, fiction and history texts, dictionaries, newspaper reports, advertising and transcribed folklore. 350 large-format pages, with several hundred colour and other rare, historic and contemporary images, it also has unique portraits of leading players and makers.
NOTE: USA and Canada buyers should purchase through Cork University Press directly in order to get a much cheaper postal rate.
€59.00
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