Celtic+music

By Dou Qian


I first learned about Celtic music from Enya. She is simply the voice of contemporary Celtic music. Her Celtic music can be found on two different CDs: "Shepherd Moons," and "Blue Caribbean". She collected the music from these two first CDs and put them on a collection called "Under the North Star Music Star". I downloaded a lot of Celtic music into my IPOD. I am deeply fascinated by her music. 

Celtic music is from the Wales and Ireland. It originated about a thousand years BCE in Central and Western Europe. After a long migration to England, the descendants of the early Celtic people scattered in Ireland, Wales, and throughout the northern and western mountains of Scotland. The Celts, including the Irish and Scottish Highlanders, as well as the Welsh people, are bilingual in English and with their native Gaelic or Celtic. The the most direct way to learn about the Celts is to listen to their music. In Celtic music we can clearly hear one of the sources for the medieval church music of Ireland. **

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Celtic music contains: **

//Bagpipes//  The Bagpipe is a very special instrument, like a thrush's voice. Bagpipes produce a sweet voice that can scatter your loneliness and release your feeling.  //Harps// The Irish harp, or Celtic harp, is played by traditional Irish harpists with their fingernails. The harp sounds can make a listener feel distressed. ** The development of Celtic music: ** 

//Traditional Celtic music// Music prevalent in the 1990's, presented as traditional Celtic music, is not real Celtic music in a strict sense. The earliest folk songs have a purely musical style which is not seen in the new century presentation of Celtic music. The kind of Celtic music heard today is the distinctly contemporary. 

//Celtic New Century// The themes from New Century Celtic melodies, instrumental music, and songs by Clannad and Enya are typical representatives of this genre. These dream-like auras of music found in the late 1980’s in Enya’s “Watermark” album moved into the mainstream in the 1990’s. 

//Rock//  There is a Celtic style of Irish music found in the Cranberrieswhich affected the band [|Black 47]. Celtic rock artists engaged in traditional Irish instrumental music and rock rhythm while linking to create near-madness and passion, sorrow and romantic songs. Celtic rock music clearly demonstrated the characteristics of Irish pub music, but is also a bit of pop music in its nature. I

//Celtic Gospel// Celtic Gospel is the blessing of songs, both traditional and innovative music, performed in the Celtic style. Usually, Celtic Gospel is expressed in the traditional way.

Celtic music arouses lively and tender romance, whether it is a strong powerful tap dance, quietly sad bagpipes, or long melodies that are so fresh refined, smooth, pleasant, beautiful and loud. The music intoxicates people incessantly. When you are alone or sad, the music seems always seems to touch your soul.

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