The Highland bagpipe : $b its history, literature, and music: with some account of the traditions, superstitions, and anecdotes relating to the instrument and its tunesManson, W. L. (William Laird)
History
The Highland bagpipe : $b its history, literature, and music: with some account of the traditions, superstitions, and anecdotes relating to the instrument and its tunes
Manson, W. L. (William Laird)
Bagpipe
GOLD MEDALLISTS OF HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON, 388
DIRECTORY OF BAGPIPE MAKERS, 392
THE LARGEST KNOWN LIST OF PIBROCHS, 393
THE GARB OF OLD GAUL, 400
INDEX, 411
Illustrations.
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FROM ST. MARTIN’S CROSS, IONA, _On Cover_.
“THE CORONACH,” _Frontispiece_.
HARPER: ON A STONE AT MONIFEITH, 19
CONTORNIATE OF NERO’S TIME, 33
CARVINGS IN MELROSE ABBEY, 37
THE OLDEST EXISTING PIPES, 43
CARVINGS IN ROSSLYN CHAPEL, 45
GERMAN PIPER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, 47
OLD GERMAN WIND INSTRUMENTS, 61
THE NORTHUMBRIAN BAGPIPE, 65
THE IRISH BAGPIPE, 67
THE GREAT HIGHLAND BAGPIPE, 69
CAPT. NEIL MAC LEOD OF GESTO, 103
DANCING TO PIPE MUSIC, 149
A HIGHLAND FAMILY PARTY, 151
LOWLAND, HIGHLAND, AND IRISH PIPERS, 169
“THE SPIRIT OF THE PIPES,” 193
A PICTURE FROM _PUNCH_, 204
“THE DANCE OF DEATH,” 225
THE CAVE OF GOLD, _to face_ 247
A MAC CRIMMON PIPER, 259
A MAC ARTHUR PIPER, _to face_ 269
ANGUS MAC KAY, „ 276
JOHN BANE MAC KENZIE, „ 278
DONALD CAMERON, „ 280
SUTHERLAND VOLUNTEER BAND, „ 287
GOVAN POLICE BAND, „ 294
The Highland Bagpipe.
CHAPTER I.
TUNING UP.
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