The Traditional and National Music of Scotland

ISBN-13: 9781032071794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 326 str.

Francis Collinson

Opis

Originally published in 1966, this was the first book on this subject to be published for over a hundred years. It covers all facets including little-known types of Gaelic song, the bagpipes and their music, including the esoteric subject of pibroch, the Ceol Mor or ‘Great Music’ of the pipes.

Spis treści

1. The Native Idiom 2. Gaelic and Lowland Scots Song 3. The Gaelic Labour Songs 4. The Vocal Music of Lowland Scotland 5. The Bagpipes 6. The Music of the Pipes 7. The Fiddle 8. The Harp 9. The Music of Orkney and Shetland 10. The Gaelic Long Tunes for the Psalms 11. Conclusion: The Reader’s Part.

O autorze

Francis M. Collinson, musicologist was a Founder Member of the School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh.