Beethoven, Hayden and other composers set arrangements of traditional Scottish tunes. In the 19th century, Scottish culture was of great interest in the Europe of the Romantic era, and novels, paintings, stories and music were eagerly consumed. In 17th century England, for example, Scottish music became rather popular, and one of the first publications of printed music, Playford's collections, featured “Scotch” tunes. Today, towns such as Glasgow have a strong affinity with Irish music, while areas in Ireland such as Donegal have a strong affinity with Scottish music.Ĭeltic music has gone through various periods of fashion and disinterest. It is said that at one time as much as a third of the population in Scotland's Central Lowlands had some Irish background, so with the waves of Irish immigrants came Irish culture. Travel and kinship between Scotland and Ireland over the centuries has resulted in a lot of exchange and cross- pollenation. Also, because of the many collections of fiddle music which were published in Scotland from the 18th century, music arrived in this way too. It is generally accepted, for example, that the reel originated in Scotland, and was enthusiastically absorbed into Irish dance and music many of the old Irish reels have origins in Scotland. If we identify Celtic Music as music mainly from Ireland and Scotland, the reason for a unifying term is that the music of these two countries has much in common, and there are many shared tunes within each tradition. Scotland itself consists of people with origins as diverse as Pictish, Celtic, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, Welsh, English, Italian, Polish, Indian, Pakistani. The truth is that there is no music from the times when Celtic tribes existed as an entity, and every one of these areas are now made up of descendants from many ethnic origins. Many actually believe that the music and people of these areas are descendents of a mythical, romantic race, and it can lead to ideas of pure-blood supremacy. To others it's a bond between "seven nations", Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man, Brittany, Cornwall and Galicia - the so-called Celtic fringes, where the original Celtic tribes penetrated and survived to an extent. To some it's a marketing label so that traditional music with roots in Ireland and Scotland can be found together in record shops and so on, and that's probably what most people understand by the term Celtic Music. The term “Celtic Music” has problems, because it means different things to different people. It's interesting and makes a lot of sense especially considering the very complicated historical backgroud of "the Kelts".
however, a couple of years ago I asked nigel gatherer to write an article "WHAT IS CELTIC MUSIC".
Especially in musical terms it seems to have developed into a kind of "marketing" term. The term Celtic (which is pronounced KELTIC as mentioned on another thread) is widely used and often misused.
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