City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 2-2015 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (The Irish Musicians' Association) and the Politics of Musical Community in Irish Traditional Music Lauren Weintraub Stoebel Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/627 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact:
[email protected] COMHALTAS CEOLTÓIRÍ ÉIREANN (THE IRISH MUSICIANS’ ASSOCIATION) AND THE POLITICS OF MUSICAL COMMUNITY IN IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC By LAUREN WEINTRAUB STOEBEL A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2015 ii © 2015 LAUREN WEINTRAUB STOEBEL All Rights Reserved iii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Music in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Peter Manuel______________________________ ________________ _________________________________________ Date Chair of Examining Committee Norman Carey_____________________________ ________________ _________________________________________ Date Executive Officer Jane Sugarman___________________________________________ Stephen Blum_____________________________________________ Sean Williams____________________________________________ Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iv Abstract COMHALTAS CEOLTÓIRÍ ÉIREANN (THE IRISH MUSICIANS’ ASSOCIATION) AND THE POLITICS OF MUSICAL COMMUNITY IN IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC By LAUREN WEINTRAUB STOEBEL Advisor: Jane Sugarman This dissertation examines Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (The Irish Musicians’ Association) and its role in the politics of Irish traditional music communities.