The volume in question did have a remarkedly long gestation period
between submission of content and final publication,although whether
long enough for the lanquage to become obscure I dont know, examples
would be needed before any comments would be relevant. However
another volume from a parallel series has just been released by the
Peter Lang Publishing Group based in Switzerland.Entitled 'Defining
Strains;- The Musical Life of Scots in the Seventeeth Century' as
volume 2 of the series Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland.
(a bit like buses, you wait for ever and two come along at once),

It contains two papers by Colm O Baoill, 'Highland Harpers and their
Patrons' and 'Two Irish Harpers in Scotland' the latter being an
updated version of two specific harpers from his earlier paper on
Irish Harpers in Scotland.

Since this is the same price as the Compendium but you get two harp
related papers instead of one it might have a better selling point as
far as those who can only afford to buy one or other are concerned.

Best wishes

Keith


--- In clairseach@..., simon@... wrote:
>
> I'm just looking through "Scottish Life and Culture : A compendium
of
> Scottish Ethnology Volume 10: Oral Literature and Performance
Culture"
>
> As well as having a hugely unwieldy title this book is great for
> bringing together a renge of different authors including Keith
Sanger
> & Alison Kinnaird who provided the capter on harps
>
> But I was disconcerted by a number of things not least the
aparrent
> confusion between verse and song, and the way that the chapter on
> classical music is shunted out of the music section
>
> I dont know if the rather disjointed tone and obscure language of
> some of the sections is a reflection on intellectual life here in
> Scotland or just a feature of this series
>
> I have not had a chance to check out other volumes in the series.
>
> Anyone else have any comments on this book?
>
> I'm currently considering whether to carry it in the Emporium.
>
> Simon
>
>
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