Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin - by Helen Phelan & Marie McCarthy & Nicholas Carolan (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is a collection of essays and reflections around the musical life of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. With contributions from musicians, artists, dancers, academics, students, poets, politicians and media personalities, the book explores the multifaceted life of one of Ireland's best-known musicians.

Book Synopsis

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A life in music, is a collection of essays and reflections around the musical life of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. With contributions from musicians, artists, dancers, academics, students, poets, politicians and media personalities, the book explores the multifaceted life of one of Ireland's best-known musicians. Ranging in style from the scholarly to the personal, the anecdotal and the poetic, each piece offers a unique perspective on his life and work. This richly illustrated volume brings together the voices of those who knew him best and captures his wide-ranging influence as an educator, performer, composer and cultural personality.

Review Quotes

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Life in Music, is an impressive, imposing, multi-layered, and impossible to circumscribe book.--Adrian Scahill "The Journal of Music"