Keith Norman MacDonald's Puirt-à-Beul :The Vocal Dance Music of the Scottish Gaels, With an Introduction and Historical Notes

This is an updated and significantly enhanced version of the only book ever published (1901) on this genre of Scottish Gaelic song. To the original, I have added an introduction, extensive notes, and translations for all of the Gaelic material. The introduction places the work into a broader context, discussing previous ethno-musicological and linguistic scholarship in the area of Gaelic mouth-music and provides the first biography of the author (Keith Norman MacDonald), who was a prolific collector and composer. The notes deal with the history of the songs and melodies, and make reference to related oral and written versions.