UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Cait Callen recordings: Joe Heaney Collection: Ceremony at Gravestone

UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Cait Callen recordings: Joe Heaney Collection: Ceremony at Gravestone, 1992-05-16

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Callen, Cait
Title: UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Cait Callen recordings: Joe Heaney Collection: Ceremony at Gravestone
Dates: 1992-05-16
1992-05-161992-05-16
Quantity: 1 items : EC - 1 audio cassette; WD - 1 compact disc (digital, stereo); Duration: 00:34:00; hand-written note from cassette box.
Collection Number: 1993020
Summary: Copy of Radio NA Gaeltacht report on the official opening and unveiling ceremony at Joe Heaney's gravestone in Ireland on May 16, 1992; cassette deposited in archives by Cait Callen.
Repository: University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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.

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Contents: Recorded during ceremony at Joe Heaney's gravestone; includes a series of male voices speaking in Irish; solo piping; seems to cut off abruptly.

EC set copied to compact disc 04/02.

Documentation: Letter from Cait Callen to Lorraine Sakata

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description	Dates
1993020-0001 1 optical media : CD - published Contents: Recorded during ceremony at Joe Heaney's gravestone; includes a series of male voices speaking in Irish; solo piping; seems to cut off abruptly.	1992-05-16

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