Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music
- Link
- connollymusiccollection.bc.edu
- Status
- active
- How they describe themselves
- digital collections, network visualization, linked open data, digital curation, music encoding
- Blurb
- This digital collection features traditional tunes and songs collected by master fiddle player Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist in Residence in Irish Music at Boston College (2004 to 2015) and National Heritage Fellow (2013). The collection offers over 330 audio recordings featuring more than 130 musicians, with accompanying stories, transcriptions, and introductory essays. Exploratory work with linked open data and visualizations is also underway.
- Creator(s)
- Séamus Connolly, Ben Florin, Anna Kijas, Beth Sweeney, Jack Kearney, Nancy Adams, Chris Houston-Ponchak
- Steward(s)
- Boston College Libraries
- Tools used
- Omeka, Solr, SoundCloud, MusicXML