Feadaíl: The Whistling Tradition in Ireland c.1800–2021 is the first major study to consider the history, performance styles and exponents of whistling in Irish traditional music. Tracing the trajectory of the tradition through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Robert Harvey tells its story from the ploughman’s whistle in pre-famine Ireland through the Gaelic Revival to its present manifestation as a competitive artform.
The accompanying CDs contain archival material recorded between 1899-1999, as well as new studio and field recordings made in January-March 2020. Feadaíl situates whistling as a vital, though often overlooked, medium for the transmission and continuity of traditional Irish music.
Feadaíl: The Whistling Tradition in Ireland c.1800–2021 is the first major study to consider the history, performance styles and exponents of whistling in Irish traditional music. Tracing the trajectory of the tradition through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Robert Harvey tells its story from the ploughman’s whistle in pre-famine Ireland through the Gaelic Revival to its present manifestation as a competitive artform.
The accompanying CDs contain archival material recorded between 1899-1999, as well as new studio and field recordings made in January-March 2020. Feadaíl situates whistling as a vital, though often overlooked, medium for the transmission and continuity of traditional Irish music.