Traditional and National Music of Scotland

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Collinson, Collinson Francis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2021
• EAN: 9781032071794
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207179-4
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Scotland
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Woodwinds, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Social and cultural history, Folk & traditional music, Wind Instruments, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music