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UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Ramona Adella Holmes recordings: Joe Heaney: Lessons with Ramona Holmes, Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Holmes, Ramona Adella
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Ramona Adella Holmes recordings: Joe Heaney: Lessons with Ramona Holmes
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 1 items : EC - 1 audio cassette (stereo); WD - 1 compact disc (digital, stereo); Duration: 00:46:37
- Collection Number
- 1986010
- Summary
- Private lessons: Joe Heaney with student Ramona Holmes, 198?, University of Washington, Seattle WA.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Dr. Ramona Holmes is an Emerita Professor of Music at Seattle Pacific University (SPU). Holmes taught K–12 general music and strings for 20 years in Seattle and Shoreline school districts before coming to SPU in 1994. Holmes earned her BS at Portland State University in 1974. She then went on to earn three more degrees at the University of Washington: an MAT in 1978, an MA in 1982, and finally a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1990.
Joe Heaney (AKA Joe Éinniú; Irish: Seosamh Ó hÉanaí) (1919 - 1984) was an Irish traditional (sean nós) singer from County Galway, Ireland. He spent most of his adult life abroad, living in England, Scotland and New York City, in the course of which he recorded hundreds of songs. A magnificent singer in both Gaelic and English, Heaney sings in sean-nos, the highly ornamented style of traditional Irish song.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
See logsheet for contents listing; original song identification by Sean Williams.
EC (side A - 29:55; side B - 16:42; total=46:37) copied to compact disc 04/02 (47:03).
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Description |
|---|
| 1986010-0001
1 optical media : CD - published; Tracks: 16
Recording of private sean-nos lessons taught by Joe Heaney with student Ramona Holmes, recorded at the University of Washington, 198?.
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Rural Irish--Europe--British Isles
- Sean-Nos
Geographical Names
- Europe--Europe--General Europe
- Ireland
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984 (performer)
- Holmes, Ramona Adella (performer)
