PL |
I'm still waiting to learn about the geographic inaccuracies! :-) Meanwhile, some the above content could be transferred to the article itself! If it's good enough for the /Talk page, isn't it good enough for the main page? --LMS In the first paragraph. You state Celtic music comes in part from Scotland. Large parts of Scotland (the lowlands) are not "Celtic". Ditto Northumbria, only more so! I am not sure about the main page though. This stuff is perhaps somewhat orthogonal. |
I'm still waiting to learn about the geographic inaccuracies! :-) Meanwhile, some the above content could be transferred to the article itself! If it's good enough for the /Talk page, isn't it good enough for the main page? --LMS |
I see. In other words, there are exceptions to the generalizations. --LMS |
The point is I think that the music spread more widely and more rapidly than many other traditions. Certainly music seems to have had fewer barriers to transfer than language. In the case of music in Britain it has always flowed around the entirety of Britain because of the maritime tradition. The shipping trade was in the past, as now, a very "ethinically" mixed trade, and professional musicians were a normal part of the ships complement.
I guess what I am saying here is that the term "Celtic" in "Celtic music" has become a generic term which covers a certain style of music, and does not actually relate to other uses of the word "celtic", at least not directly. Its similar for instance to the use of the word "Champaign" which has a generic usage beyond what the region of France produces (at least in common usage, and despite what the lawyers say!).
Probably I have not worded it very well in the article. PL