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' Foreman, Lewis. Bax: A Composu and His 7ima, 2nd td (Cambridge, England: Scolar Press, 1987), p. 28. ' Foreman, p. 28. • Edward Bunring, Tht Ancimt Music of Irrlnnd (Dublin, Ireland: Waltons' Piano and Musical Instrument Galleries (Publications Dept.) Limited, 1969), ' Bunting. p. 24. •Tomas 0 Canainn, "The Music of the Sean-nos," Traditional Music in Irrland (Cork, Ireland: Ossian Publications, 1997. (Cited 4/28/2003), www. webcom.com/liam/gaelsong/canalnn .hrml). ' Ibid. " Although many of the ornaments found in this piece can also be ascribed to the Western Art tradition, Bax was specifi cally artempring to write in an Irish idiom in this early work and he used the impression ofwhat Irish music sounded like to his young ears. " Ibid, p. 98. 1 ' Editor Donal O'Sullivan, ongs of the Irish (Dublin, Ireland: Brown and Nolan Limited, 1960) p. 43. " Ibid. " Buming, p. 69. 10 Ibid. II Ibid. 12 Breathnach, p. 79. " Ibid, p. 80. 14 Ibid, pp. 95-97.

in 1902 that "the Celt within me srood revealed"zs and that in his own works he would create a new heritage for the Irish people to call thei r own. - Dr. Christina Placilla i.s currently the Assistant Professor ofStrings at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. She was a previous winner ofthe DavidDalton Research Competition in 2000. Her article on George Enescu and Stan Golestan was subsequently published in the Spring 2001 ]AVS. Placii!A has also served as Director of Chamber Music for the Four Seasons Youth Orchestra in Southern California. Endnotes 1 Bax, Arnold. Fore\vard to Music in Irrlnnd: Symposium, p. iii. Reprimed in Bax, Arnold. Farewell, My Yo11th and Orlur Wririn!J. Edited by Lewis Foreman. Cambridge, England: colar Press, 1992, p. 133. Ibid. 1 Bax, p. 4 I.

"' June Skinner Sawyers, Ctltic Music: A Complru Guitk (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000) p. 113.

ll O'Sullivan, p. 44. u Foreman, p. 28. n Bax, p. 41. " Bax, p. 133. " Bax, p. 36.

Works Cited: Bax, Arnold. "Concert Piece,~ score, 1904. Special Collections, Boote Library, University College Cork. Bax, Arnold. Fa~U. My Youth and Orhu \'(/ritingr. Edited by Le\vis Foreman. Cambridge, England: Scolar Press, 1992. Breathnach, Breandan. Folk Music and Danm oflrt!lnnd. Cork, treland: Ossian Publications, 1996. Reprinced from Cork, Ireland: Mercier Press, 1971. Buncing, Edward. Tht Ancimr Music of lrt!lnnd Dublin, Ireland :Walkrons' Piano and Musical Instrument Galleries (Publications Dept.) Limited, 1969. Foreman, Lewis. Bax: A Composu andHis 7ima, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: Scolar Press, 1987. 0 Canainn, Tomas. Traditional Music in lrrlnnd. Cork, Ireland: Ossian Publications, 1997. (Cited April 28, 2003.) Available from www.webcom.com/Liam/gaelsonglcanainn. html. 0 ' ullivan, Donal, ed. Songr ofrht Irish. Dublin, Ireland: Brown and Nolan Limired, 1960. Sawyers, June Skinner. Ctltic Music: A Compku Guitk. New York: Da Capo Press, 2000.

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