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

• Autore: Dickson Joshua
• Pubblicazione: Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Disciplina: 788.49; 788.49094115
• Soggetto topico: Bagpipe - Scotland - Highlands - History; Bagpipe music - Scotland - Highlands - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: The Highland bagpipe
• ISBN: 1-282-29524-1; 9786612295249; 0-7546-9463-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455264803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ashgate popular and folk music series.