{"product_id":"9781927492987","title":"Reeling Roosters \u0026 Dancing Ducks: Celtic Mouth Music","description":"Puirt-a-beul - the Scottish Gaelic term for mouth music - is a toe-tapping, tongue-twisting genre of song that parallels the Celtic instrumental dance tune tradition.\u003cp\u003eThough puirt-a-beul are popular with both Gaelic-speaking and non-Gaelic speaking audiences, this book offers the first comprehensive study of the genre. Heather Sparling's survey of Gaelic puirt-à-beul offers a new perspective on a subject about which relatively little has been written, and that mostly from the perspective of the Scottish side of the Atlantic. Heather Sparling considers how puirt-a-beul compare to other forms of mouth music and examines its origins, its musical and lyrical characteristics, and its functions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSparling brings together years of research, including an array of historical references to puirt-a-beul, interviews with Gaelic singers in both Scotland and Nova Scotia, observations of puirt-a-beul performances on both sides of the Atlantic as well as on recordings, and analysis of melodies and lyrics. Her Nova Scotia viewpoint allows her to consider puirt-a-beul in both its Scottish and diaspora contexts, a perspective that is too often absent in studies of Gaelic song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr.Heather Sparling is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (Musical Traditions) at Cape Breton University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nimbus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057414455536,"sku":"9781927492987","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927492987_p0.jpg?v=1763638297","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927492987","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}