Highland Bagpipe : Music, History, Tradition
By: Dickson, Joshua (Edited by).
Ashgate Publishing Group. Published: 28/09/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
The Highland bagpipe, widely considered 'Scotland's national instrument', is one of the most recognized icons of traditional music in the world. It is also among the least understood. But Scottish bagpipe music and tradition - particularly, but not exclusively, the Highland bagpipe - has enjoyed an unprecedented surge in public visibility and scholarly attention since the 1990s. A greater interest in the emic led to a diverse picture of the meaning and musical iconicism of the bagpipe in communities in Scotland and throughout the Scottish diaspora. This interest has led to the consideration of both the globalization of Highland piping and piping as rooted in local culture. It has given rise to a reappraisal of sources which have hitherto formed the backbone of long-standing historical and performative assumptions. And revivalist research which reassesses Highland piping's cultural position relative to other Scottish piping traditions, such as that of the Lowlands and Borders, today effectively challenges the notion of the Highland bagpipe as Scotland's 'national' instrument. "The Highland Bagpipe" provides an unprecedented insight into the current state of Scottish piping studies.
The contributors - from Scotland, England, Canada and the United States - discuss the bagpipe in oral and written history, anthropology, ethnography, musicology, material culture and modal aesthetics. The book will appeal to ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, as well as those interested in international bagpipe studies and traditions. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0754666697/9780754666691
TITLE: Highland Bagpipe, The
CONTRIBUTORS: Dickson, Joshua (Edited by)
IMPRINT: Ashgate
PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 28/09/2009
SUBJECT: Music, Music, Folk, Wind Instruments
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 234mm
PAGES: 422
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: includes 27 b&w illustrations, 25 music examples, 6 tables & 7 figures
CONTENTS: Introduction, Joshua Dickson; Urlar: Problems of notating pibroch: a study of 'Maol Donn', Peter Cooke. Dithis: Materiality and the Highland Pipe: The Iain Call chanter: material evidence for intonation and pitch in the Scottish Highlands, 1650-1800, Barnaby Brown; Wood, horn and bone: a survey of immigrant bagpipes and regional pipe-making in Nova Scotia, 1820-1920, Barry W. Shears; The making of bagpipe reeds and practice chanters in South Uist, J. Decker Forrest. Siubhal: Historical Studies: Traditional origins of the piping dynasties, Hugh Cheape; One piper or two: Neil MacLean of the 84th Highlanders, Keith Sanger; Simon Fraser reconsidered, Bridget Mackenzie. Taorludh: Revivalism and Transformation: Taking stock: Lowland and Border piping in a Highland world, Iain MacInnes; 'Tullochgorm' transformed: a case study in revivalism and Highland piping, Joshua Dickson; Return of the drone: a 'folk' thing?, Mike Paterson. Crunnludh: Canonical Studies: The Campbell Canntaireachd manuscript: the case for a lost volume, Roderick D. Cannon; The concept of mode in Scottish bagpipe music, Simon McKerrell. Urlar: Rhythm in pibroch: a return to 'Maol Donn', Robinson McClellan; Bibliography; Index.
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