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Story of the Bagpipe

Most people think of the bagpipe as an instrument solely connected to Scotland. W.H. Grattan Flood takes us much further back, to the ancient origin of the pipe. From the simple reed blown by the mouth, through Egypt, Greece, and Rome, past the Tudors and Stuarts, right up to the French court of Louis the XIV and into the Nineteenth century, we see how the bagpipes have been an integral part of our musical history.
This is Volume 13 in a series of 15 books. (Summary by Jessie Percival) (4 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Preface

3:53

Origin of the Bagpipe

6:20

Bagpipes of Antiquity

7:53

Greek and Roman Bagpipes

6:03

Ancient Irish Bagpipes

12:23

Ancient Welsh Pipes

7:31

Early English Bagpipes

11:38

The Bagpipe in Scotland

9:25

Ancient Scotch Pipe-Melodies

15:49

The Scotch Bagpipe in the Sixteenth Century

10:01

Continental Pipes

11:13

The English Bagpipe Under the Tudors

12:00

Irish Pipes in the Sixteenth Century

13:54

English Bagpipes Under the Stuarts

9:46

Influence of the Bagpipe on Seventeenth Century Music

9:49

Irish Bagpipes in the Seventeenth Century

10:07

The Bagpipe in France Under Louis XIV

11:17

The Great Highland Pipe

15:08

Scotch Jacobite Period

14:15

The Irish Uilleann (Union) Pipes

18:12

The Highland Society of London

13:22

Scotch Regimental Pipers

13:32

Lowland and Northumbrian Pipes

8:37

The Bagpipe in the Orchestra

9:23

Some Irish Pipers of the Nineteenth Century

11:37

Present Position of the Irish Bagpipes

5:44

Appendices

15:42