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Piobaireachd Instrumentation

26 January 201926 January 2019 J David HesterHistorical Documents

I ran across a very interesting report on a letter from Dr. McLeod to John Mackenzie dated 30 October 1781, where the question of the Prize Pipe to be awarded in the first competition was[…]

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The Earliest Canntaireachd

16 January 201915 January 2019 J David HesterHistorical Documents

There has been some discussion since the publication of The APC Guide to Pibroch, much of it centering around the question of how to classify piobaireachd.   The contention in the book is that piobaireachd[…]

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Original Piobaireachd Society Series – Volume 5

10 March 201819 February 2018 J David HesterHistorical Documents

So, here we are: the final volume of Series One edition. In it are eight tunes generally well known today.  The same “Committee” is at work as in the previous book and includes P-M William[…]

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Original Piobaireachd Society Series – Volume 4

3 March 20184 March 2018 J David HesterHistorical Documents

By the time Volume 4 hit the shelves, the Society, enough dissatisfaction with the scores had been voiced that the Piobaireachd Society invited professional pipers into its ranks, including John Macdonald of Inverness,  John MacDougall[…]

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Original Piobaireachd Society Series – Volume 3

24 February 20184 March 2018 J David HesterHistorical Documents

Volume 3 continues the “hit parade” of pibroch as we know it today.  It should be clear that the effort by the Piobaireachd Society to re-introduce “the playing of Piobaireachd not now generally known, or[…]

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Original Piobaireachd Society Series – Volume 2

17 February 20184 March 2018 J David HesterHistorical Documents

The first volume’s publication was not a hit, by any means.  The competitive pipers rebelled against the requirement that they follow the published scores note-for-note: the living pibroch tradition was not, by any means, accurately[…]

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Original Piobaireach Society Series – Volume 1

3 February 201810 February 2018 J David HesterHistorical Documents

The first volume begins with a declaration of intent by the newly founded Piobaireachd Society: “To revive the study and play of ‘Ceòl-Mór’ and to record its History.” While clearly nationalistic in origin (“To repeat[…]

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