The Highland bagpipe : music, history, traditon / Joshua Dickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickson, Joshua.

Series:

Ashgate popular and folk music series.

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bagpipe--Scotland--Highlands--History.

Bagpipe.

Bagpipe music--Scotland--Highlands--History and criticism.

Bagpipe music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. However, since the bagpipe's unprecedented surge in public visibility and scholarly attention since the 1990's, a greater interest in the emic has led the consideration of both the globalization of Highland piping and piping as rooted in local culture. The contributors of this collection discuss the bagpipe in oral and written history, anthropology, ethnography, musicology, material culture and modal aesthetics...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; List of Music Examples; List of Tables; List of Audio Tracks; Notes on the Contributors; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Urlar; Dithis: Materiality And The Highland Pipe; Siubhal: Historical studies; Taorludh: Revivalism and transformation; Crùnnludh: Canonical studies; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-29524-1

9786612295249

0-7546-9463-1

OCLC:

465233701