| Titre : |
The Bagpipes : A cultural history |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Richard Mc Lauchlan, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
London : Hurst & Company |
| Année de publication : |
2025 |
| Importance : |
273 p. |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-1-80526-284-8 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Cornemuse
Ethnomusicologie
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| Index. décimale : |
780.11 Ethnomusicologie |
| Résumé : |
It has a broad reach: from the instrument’s pre-history over two millennia ago and Emperor Nero, to the Chilli Pipers and Treacherous Orchestra, no drone is left unturned.
McLauchlan is a piper but also a writer by profession: easy, elegant, and almost conversational in his prose, Bagpipes is a pleasure to read.
His own words say best what the book is about: ‘To tell the story of the bagpipes in a historically accurate way but to keep the romance and magic alive.’ He acknowledges, too, that ‘a fine line has to be navigated … my aim is to draw attention to those moments … when history and romance combine and grant them license to affect us.’
And so he does. At 273 pages with over 90 of these pages standing as endnotes, bibliography and index, McLauchlan backs his stories and statements, like so many good tunes, with firm grounding. In fact, the notes themselves – and I found myself flipping to the back pages with nearly every annotation – all offer fascinating reading, as in chapter 8, note 10:
‘Lord Lovat’s father also deserves a place in the annals of piping, for it was through him that Willie Ross’s position of the famed instructor at the Army School of piping was secured. Interestingly, the Rosses were keepers on the Fraser estate for three generations.’
Looking for a job? It’s not what you know .. But then, the great champion and personality, Willie Ross, I suppose, was a pretty fair candidate for such a post.
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The Bagpipes : A cultural history [texte imprimé] / Richard Mc Lauchlan, Auteur . - London : Hurst & Company, 2025 . - 273 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-1-80526-284-8 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Cornemuse
Ethnomusicologie
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| Index. décimale : |
780.11 Ethnomusicologie |
| Résumé : |
It has a broad reach: from the instrument’s pre-history over two millennia ago and Emperor Nero, to the Chilli Pipers and Treacherous Orchestra, no drone is left unturned.
McLauchlan is a piper but also a writer by profession: easy, elegant, and almost conversational in his prose, Bagpipes is a pleasure to read.
His own words say best what the book is about: ‘To tell the story of the bagpipes in a historically accurate way but to keep the romance and magic alive.’ He acknowledges, too, that ‘a fine line has to be navigated … my aim is to draw attention to those moments … when history and romance combine and grant them license to affect us.’
And so he does. At 273 pages with over 90 of these pages standing as endnotes, bibliography and index, McLauchlan backs his stories and statements, like so many good tunes, with firm grounding. In fact, the notes themselves – and I found myself flipping to the back pages with nearly every annotation – all offer fascinating reading, as in chapter 8, note 10:
‘Lord Lovat’s father also deserves a place in the annals of piping, for it was through him that Willie Ross’s position of the famed instructor at the Army School of piping was secured. Interestingly, the Rosses were keepers on the Fraser estate for three generations.’
Looking for a job? It’s not what you know .. But then, the great champion and personality, Willie Ross, I suppose, was a pretty fair candidate for such a post.
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