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Vinony's link graph records 119 inbound references to Seán Ó Riada, and connects out to Cork, Abbey Theatre and University College Cork.
Vinony files it under 1931 births, 1950s in Irish music and 1960s in Irish music.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Aifreann 2
- Ceol an Aifrinn mar a chantar i nGaeltacht Chúil Aodha
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ireland
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 1971
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,519
- Total plays
- 52,045
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Seán Ó Riada (August 1, 1931 - October 3, 1971), was a composer and bandleader, and perhaps the single most influential figure in the renaissance of traditional Irish music from the 1960s, through his participation in Ceoltóirí Chualann, his compositions, his writings and his broadcasts on the topic. Born John Reidy in Cork City,[1] he was educated at St Finbar's College, Farranferris. He played the violin, piano and organ and studied the Greek and Latin classics at University College Cork, gra
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Cork
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- conductor
- Genre
- music of Ireland
- Instrument
- violin
- Record label
- Shanachie Records
- Image
- Séan Ó Riada.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1931-08-01
- date of death
- 1971-10-03
- Commons category
- Seán Ó Riada
- cause of death
- liver cirrhosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- name in native language
- Seán Ó Riada
- birth name
- John Reidy
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