The highland bagpipe

About this eBook

Author

Manson, W. L. (William Laird), 1869-1930

Title

The Highland bagpipe : its history, literature, and music with some account of the traditions, superstitions, and anecdotes relating to the instrument and its tunes

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Paisley, 1901.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Bagpipe

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69986

Release Date

February 8, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Highland Bagpipe Its History, Literature, and Music WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE Traditions, Superstitions, and Anecdotes Relating to The Instrument and Its Tunes
2. 2.Preface.
3. 3.Contents.
4. 4.Illustrations. — CHAPTER I. Tuning up.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. Harpers, Bards, and Pipers.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. The Tale of the Years.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. The Make of the Pipes.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. With an Ear to the Drone.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. The “Language” of the Pipes.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. The Literature of the Pipes.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. The Pipes in Battle.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. The Piper as a Hero.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. The Regimental Piper.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. The Piper as a Man of Peace.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. The Burgh Pipers of Scotland.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. From the Seat of the Scorner.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. The Humour of the Pipes.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. Demoniac Pipes and Pipers.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. Pipers and Fairies.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. Pipers in Enchanted Caves.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. The Hereditary Pipers.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. Some Latter Day Pipers.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. How Piping is Preserved.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. The Oldest Pipe Tunes. — “ A CHOLLA MO RUN. ” — “DUNTROON’S SALUTE.”
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. Some World-Famous Pibrochs.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. Some Well-Known Gatherings.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. More Stories and a Moral.
28. 28.APPENDIX. — I.—THE SCALE OF THE PIPES. — II.—PRACTICAL HINTS. — I.—CARRIAGE OF THE PIPES. — II.—BLOWING THE PIPES. — III.—TUNING THE PIPES. — IV.—REEDS AND THEIR DEFECTS. — V.—DRONE REEDS. — VI.—THE BAG, AND HOW TO KEEP IT. — VII.—KEEPING THE PIPES IN ORDER. — III.—BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PIPE MUSIC. — IV.—GOLD MEDALISTS OF THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON. — V.—DIRECTORY OF BAGPIPE MAKERS. — VI.—THE LARGEST KNOWN LIST OF PIBROCHS. — VII.—THE GARB OF OLD GAUL.
29. 29.Index.

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