Musical Instruments: Woodwind

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  • Cover scan of Donald MacPherson
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    Donald MacPherson: A Living Legend - Book with sound disc
    The Pibroch style of pipe music emerged between 1537 and 1747. It is quintessentially Celtic in nature and is one of Scotland's greatest legacies to world culture. This book and the accompanying audio CD provide the perfect introduction to the music and its principal adherents.
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    The Highland Bagpipe And Its Music - Roderick D. Cannon - Paperback
    This is a new edition of Roderick Cannon's classic work, a definitive and critically acclaimed history of the origins and music of Scotland's most famous instrument. Ceol Mor, Ceol Beag, Piobaireachd, dance music and pipe bands are all covered.
  • Cover scan of The Highland Pipe And Scottish Society, 1750-1950
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    The Highland Pipe And Scottish Society, 1750-1950 - William Donaldson - Paperback
    What happened to the Highland bagpipe in the two centuries following Culloden? This study presents contemporary evidence to recreate the changing world of the pipers as they influenced and were influenced by the transformations in Scottish society.
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    Old And New World Highland Bagpiping - John Gibson - Hardback
    John Gibson's innovative use of oral history challenges accepted accounts of traditional bagpiping and provides a comprehensive biographical and genealogical survey of pipers and piping in the Scottish Highlands and Canada's Cape Breton region.
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    Old And New World Highland Bagpiping - John G. Gibson - Paperback
    John Gibson's use of oral history challenges accepted accounts of traditional bagpiping and provides a comprehensive biographical and genealogical survey of pipers and piping in the Scottish Highlands and Canada's Cape Breton region.
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    Pipers: A Guide To The Players And Music Of The Highland Bagpipe - William Donaldson - Paperback
    Aimed at people outside piping who want to find out more without too much expenditure of time and money, this is a guide to what pipers do and why, focusing on the players themselves with a wide range of historical sources and anecdotes to provide a fresh account of this key musical cohort.
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    The Silver Chanter And Other Piper Tales - Stuart McHardy - Paperback
    All over the world people associate the bagpipes with Scotland. In this informative guide Stuart McHardy introduces Scotland's national instrument - its history, development and repertoire - and examines the part the piper himself has played in Highland and Lowland society over the centuries.
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    There Was A Piper, A Scottish Piper: Memoirs Of Pipe Major John T. Mackenzie - John T. MacKenzie - Paperback
    John T. McKenzie, a Highland Piper and Scots Guard, saw active service in the war zones of North Africa, was part of the liberation of Norway and was later posted to the Malaysian jungle. Throughout, his devotion to Highland piping remained in the forefront of his life.
  • Cover scan of Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945
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    Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945 - John G. Gibson - Paperback
    This study of Scottish bagpiping illuminates how pipers and piping contributed to the social integration of the Highland Scots and documents the decline of music and culture after the supression of the clans.