Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Paperback Edition. 1996. v, 130pp. Slight sunning to spine but overall in excellent condition with no inscriptions. "Piobaireachd is the classical music of the Highland bagpipe. It is a highly developed art form that has made and continues to make a valuable contribution to the culture of Scotland. In this first paperback edition, Seumas MacNeill, Principal of the College of Piping, editor of Piping Times, and an acknowledged authority, describes the structure and history of piobaireachd, studies the men who composed these ancient tunes, and examines the methods by which they transmitted them to succeeding generations. Major-General Frank Richardson, twice winner of the Royal Scottish Pipers Society's Piobaireachd Competition and a judge of piobaireachd for over fifty years, gives advice on the interpretation of this music based on his own extensive experience and on discussions with leading teachers and other judges. This is the first serious attempt to explain this form of bagpipe music to the general public and to convey the old tradition of playing it for the benefit of pipers and enthusiasts." Contents include: History of the Bagpipe; The Bagpipe in Scotland; The MacCrimmons; The Great Highland Bagpipe; Piobaireachd; Pipers of the Nineteenth Century; The Problem; Some Answers; Fifty Odd Years on the Bench and Kilberry and Rothiemurchus. Seller Inventory # ScotMusic052b
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Seller: The Old Bookshelf, Campbeltown, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Paperback Edition. Very Good 1996 1st Paperback Edition with uncreased, very lightly sunned, spine. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Corners very lightly bumped. Internally, no writing or stamps. Clean, bright pages. Very nice copy of rare title.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages. Seller Inventory # 62185
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