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Thread #141705   Message #3263123
Posted By: GUEST,Peter Laban
25-Nov-11 - 03:48 AM
Thread Name: Companion to Irish Trad. Music 2nd Ed.
Subject: RE: Companion to Irish Trad. Music 2nd Ed.
I got it through the Book Depository for the pre-order price of €45 (in fairness, the order stood for a year or more). It's a massive volume though and well worth it.

While it's an improvement on the first edition I think some of the criticism levelled at the first one still applies. It's obvious the editor is a flute player as there are many entries for flute makers, you'll be hard pressed to find many makers of the uilleann pipes though. Maybe a work like this necessarily reflects the interest of the contributors.

Some other mistakes catch the eye though. Under the entry for Terry Bingham there's mention of fluteplayer Michael Heinz. It did take me a minute to realise Kilsahnny flute player Michael Hynes was the man in question. But there you have it. 57 Varieties.