"WHAT WHISTLE WOULD YOU PLAY AT YOUR MOTHER'S FUNERAL? - L.E. McCullough's Writings on Irish Traditional Music, 1974-2016, Vols. I & II" presents the full collection of Irish music scholarship the prolific musician/composer has published in 40+ years of teaching and research. Volume I contains Dr. McCullough's landmark Ph.D. dissertation ("Irish Music in Chicago: An Ethnomusicological Study") and earlier M.A. and B.A. theses ("The Rose in the Heather: Irish Music in Its American Cultural Milieu" and "Farewell to Erin: An Ethnomusicological Study of Irish Music in the U.S.") - published here...

"WHAT WHISTLE WOULD YOU PLAY AT YOUR MOTHER'S FUNERAL? - L.E. McCullough's Writings on Irish Traditional Music, 1974-2016, Vols. I & II" presents the full collection of Irish music scholarship the prolific musician/composer has published in 40+ years of teaching and research. Volume I contains Dr. McCullough's landmark Ph.D. dissertation ("Irish Music in Chicago: An Ethnomusicological Study") and earlier M.A. and B.A. theses ("The Rose in the Heather: Irish Music in Its American Cultural Milieu" and "Farewell to Erin: An Ethnomusicological Study of Irish Music in the U.S.") - published here...

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