The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music; With Some Account of the Traditions, Superstitions, and Anecdotes Relating to the Instrument and Its Tunes (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music; With Some Account of the Traditions, Superstitions, and Anecdotes Relating to the Instrument and Its Tunes

Ancient musical instruments - Priestly harpers - Hereditary harpers - Irish versus Scottish harpers - Royal harpers - Use of harp universal - Welsh sarcasm - Mary Queen of Scots'' harp - ~the last of the harpers The Harper of Mull - From harp to pipes - The clarsach - Pipes supplanting bards - The last clan bard - Bardic customs - Bards'' jealousy of pipes - The bard in battle - Duncan Ban Mac Intyre - Two pipers scared - When the pipes became paramount - The fiery cross - The coronach.

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Publisher - Forgotten Books

Language - English

Hardback

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Author

William Laird Manson


Published Date -

ISBN - 9780266194712

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm

Page Count - 440

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Author

William Laird Manson


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ISBN - 9781333248987

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm

Page Count - 442

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