Bagpipes: A National Collection of a National Instrument
Bagpipes: A National Collection of a National Instrument
By Hugh Cheape
Publisher National Museums of Scotland , NMSE Enterprises Limited
ISBN: ISBN: 978 1 905267 16 3
Pages: 154
Illustrations: 60 color, 36 Black& White
Paperback
9 ¼ x 7 1/2 inches
This book is for lovers of bagpipes, musicians and musicologists, and social historians.
A history of one of the world’s great bagpipe collections, the author leaves no note unplayed in exploring the social and musical history of this most remarkable instrument. He provides detailed descriptions of styles of their manufacture, fittings and decorations (ie., silks and ribbons, bone and ivory), as well as of key figures who impacted on the instrument as it evolved and of the complex and varied harmonic overtones of the music and the package includes a CD presenting the bagpipes.