Altan (Musical group)

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94058935

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n94058935

Identifies RWO

• https://isni.org/isni/0000000115271645

• Descriptor

  Musical groups

• Associated Locale

  Ireland

• Field of Activity

  Folk music

Additional Related Forms

• Byrne, Dermot
• Curran, Ciarán
• Kennedy, Frankie
• Ní Mhaonaigh, Mairéad
• O'Shaughnessy, Paul
• Sproule, Dáithi
• Tourish, Ciaran

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++94058935#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Altan Label from public data source Wikidata
• Altan (Musical group)

Sources

• found: Its Island angel [SR] p1993:label (Altan)
• found: Wikipedia, May 30, 2019(Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altan_(band)
• found: Companion to Irish traditional music, 2011:page 10 (Altan: Frankie Kennedy (flute), Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh (fiddle), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (cittern), Mark Kelly (guitar), Diathi Sproule (guitar))

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF CorporateName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1994-06-20: new
• 2025-01-26: revised

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