The Highland bagpipe : music, history, tradition /
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 si...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2009.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780754694632 0754694631 9780754666691 0754666697 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 1990s, 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. T. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 377 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Series: | Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |