Music in Ireland



Music in Ireland

Introduction

Music is an important part of any culture in the world, as it represents the true colors of a society and bring people close. It promotes entertainment and provides people with an opportunity to relax and discover the meaning of life. A world without music is a world without colors. Music is the art of producing sounds; chords combine all the elements of sound creation, instruments, rhythms, ringtones, serial organization, melodies, and harmonies. At its most primal, music is the art of producing and combining sounds in a manner so it is pleasing to the ear. In each and every civilization, music has played a significant role in most personal or social events. This has a mediating role amongst undifferentiated and differentiated or between the spiritual and intellectual.

Discussion

The music, like any art form, is a cultural product. The purpose of this art is to provoke an experienced aesthetic in the listener, and express feelings, circumstances, ideas or thoughts. The music is a stimulus that affects the individual's perceptual field, so the flow of sound can fulfill various functions. Medieval music is a general term for a period covering nearly 800 years of history of Western music religious and secular, commencing with the first Christian music before the Gregorian reform. Then it was the time for Renaissance music. It was a European music which was written during 1400 to 1600. These two centuries are clear in terms of music, in continuity with what we call the late middle ages, before the acquisition of specific features (Gold, 2005).

Ireland is the smallest country of Europe and it is located in west portion of Europe. The island is made up of 32 countries and 26 out of them make up the Republic of Ireland. The infrastructure of the region is highly developed and it is densely populated. The history of any country can be traced with the help of music, and this is specifically very true when it comes to considering Ireland.

In Ireland, culture and music could be said as two different sides of the similar coin as they are highly interlinked, to an extent that the harp has emerged on to be all coins provided in Dublin from the time of formation of the Free State in the year 1922. It also emerged to be, and stays the symbol on the seal of Government, visible on the flag ...