- Active
- fl. 2024
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- Modern era
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- Beaver Island
Summary
Glenn Hendrix is a fiddler and coauthor of Islands of Fiddlers / Oileáin na bhFidiléirí, a 2024 book on the Beaver Island–Donegal musical connection. A 2024 Hall of Fame announcement describes him as documenting, playing, and preserving Patrick Bonner’s music; the Donegal launch report calls him a Michigan fiddler active in the promotion and development of Michigan fiddling.12
Evidence limits
These reports establish his stated authorship, public recognition, and the described preservation work. They do not establish a complete life history, every performance, individual tune transcription, or an unqualified genealogy or residence history.
Open questions
- What primary biographical source identifies Hendrix’s training, publications, and institutional affiliations?
- Can the book’s transcriptions and their source recordings be cataloged at the item level with Hendrix’s editorial role distinguished from original performance?
See also
Footnotes
Sources
- Launch report identifies Hendrix as coauthor and calls him a Michigan fiddler active in promotion and development of Michigan fiddling.web · donegallive_2024_islands_of_fiddlers_launch
- Northern Islander, August 2024, “BI Irish Heritage Group Announces Irish Hall of Fame.”Announces Hendrix’s 2024 Hall of Fame recognition and describes him as a fiddler who documented, played, and preserved Patrick Bonner’s music. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Northern Islander, November 2024, “A Beaver Island Journey – Part 1.”Introduces the coauthored book in its festival context and calls Hendrix a Beaver Islander; it does not provide a full biography. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Glenn Hendrix”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/glenn-hendrix/, accessed [date], citing Donegal Live, “Book to be launched celebrating link between Arranmore Island and Beaver Island,” 8 April 2024. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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