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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455264803321

Autore

Dickson Joshua

Titolo

The Highland bagpipe [[electronic resource] ] : music, history, traditon / / Joshua Dickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-282-29524-1

9786612295249

0-7546-9463-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Collana

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Disciplina

788.49

788.49094115

Soggetti

Bagpipe - Scotland - Highlands - History

Bagpipe music - Scotland - Highlands - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; List of Music Examples; List of Tables; List of Audio Tracks; Notes on the Contributors; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Urlar; Dithis: Materiality And The Highland Pipe; Siubhal: Historical studies; Taorludh: Revivalism and transformation; Crùnnludh: Canonical studies; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Highland bagpipe, widely considered 'Scotland's national instrument', is one of the most recognized icons of traditional music in the world. It is also among the least understood. However, since the bagpipe's unprecedented surge in public visibility and scholarly attention since the 1990's, a greater interest in the emic has led the consideration of both the globalization of Highland piping and piping as rooted in local culture. The contributors of this collection discuss the bagpipe in oral and written history, anthropology, ethnography, musicology, material culture and modal aesthetics...