The Beat Cop: Chicago's Chief O'Neill And The Creation Of Irish Music

Francis O'Neill was Chicago's larger-than-life police chief, starting in 1901- and he was an Irish immigrant with an intense interest in his home country's music. In documenting and publishing his understanding of Irish musical folkways, O'Neill became the foremost shaper of what Irish music" meant. He favored specific rural forms and styles, and as Michael O'Malley shows, he was the "beat cop" -actively using his police powers and skills to acquire knowledge about Irish music and to enforce a nostalgic vision of it"--

• | Author: Michael O'Malley
• | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 0226818705
• | ISBN-13: 9780226818702