The Bagpipe

The Bagpipe
Author: Francis Collinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1000435830
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Originally published in 1975, and written by an authority on Scottish music, this book traces the evolution of the bagpipe whilst also narrating the fortunes of the ‘Great Highland Bagpipe’ itself. Exploring history and archaeology of civilizations as far removed from the Scottish Highlands as Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome this book offers a unique full-length history of one of the world’s most interesting and ancient musical instruments. Appendices list the bagpipes of other countries and the materials used in the instrument’s manufacture as well as a comprehensive bibliography.

Cei and the Arthurian Legend

Cei and the Arthurian Legend
Author: Linda Gowans
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1988
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0859912612
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`No Arthurian critic will be able to ignore this book which gathers together so much diverse material and skilfully brings out unexpected links between versions widely separated in time and country of origin. MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW `No Arthurian critic will be able to ignore this book which gathers together so much diverse material and skilfully brings out unexpected links between versions widely separated in time and country of origin.' MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW Cei is one of the most puzzling figures in the development of the Arthurian legend: a hero beyond compare in the early Welsh sources, his appearances in later Arthurian literature are frequently associated with comic defeatin combat, objectionable outspokenness, and sometimes with more serious misdeeds. This study assesses Cei from his native Welsh context to his role in the romances of Chrétien de Troyes and later developments, in which the authorlooks at the portrayal of Cei in a selection of medievalContinental, Welsh and English works, before moving closer to the present day and the rich heritage of English ballad and Gaelic folktale; the ending offers something of a surprise. This account of the long and varied career of one of Arthur's closest associates shows how a sympathetic approach to Cei can shed new light on some particularly controversial aspects of Arthurian studies.

The Celtic Connection

The Celtic Connection
Author: Glanville Price
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1992
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780861402489
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As the Editor points out, the Celtic identity is not one of race - the genetic links, if they are there at all, just cannot be proved - but it is of a common linguistic and cultural heritage. The Celtic Connection focuses on the similarities and differences in language across the Celtic nations and contributes to the resurgence of interest in the Celtic identity which is increasingly being supported by official bodies, both national and international.

The Old Songs of Skye

The Old Songs of Skye
Author: Ethel Bassin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317311140
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Originally published in 1977. Frances Tolmie (1840-1926) was one of the foremost Gaelic folklore and folksong experts. This account of her life and work places her unique contribution to human song against a full personal, historical and cultural background. The book includes a selection of the songs she heard and wrote down, together with the part they played in her life and that of her circle and the larger community. Moving in a variety of circles, Frances Tolmie experienced the warm domesticity of an enlightened Skye manse, the cultural bustle of upper middle-class Edinburgh ‘entrepreneurs’, the romantic serious-mindedness of the first Cambridge women students, the sensitive nature-loving community round Ruskin at Coniston, and spent her later sociable years back in Scotland. This book, with its historical introduction by Flora MacLeod and musical introduction by Frank Howes along with Ethel Bassin's own detailed introduction, reflects her profound study of the song and folklore of her people, and describes how she recorded a precious part of British traditional culture, catching it alive and sharing it as truly as possible.

Hebridean Folksongs: Songs collected by Donald MacCormick in Kilphedir in South Uist in the year 1893. Ailein duinn, ó hì shiùbhlainn leat [4] ; 'S mise bhean bhochd, chianail, thùrsach ; Nighean ud thall, bheil thu 't'fhaireachadh [2] ; Nighean ud thall [3] ; Cairistiana [4] ; Cha n-eil mi gun nì air m'aire ; Tha an latha an diu gu fliuch fuaraidh [3] ; Di-Sathuirne ghabh mi mulad [4] ; Rinn mi mocheirigh gu éirigh [5] ; Dh'éirich mise moch Di-Dòmhnaich ; 'S fliuch an oídhche nochd 's gur fuar i ; Thug mi gaol do'n nighinn duinn ; Gura mise tha fo mhulad 's mi air tulaich na buaile ; Gura mise tha làn airteil [7] ; Gura mise tha fo ghruaman [2] ; 'S e nochd a' chiad oídhche 'n fhoghair [3] ; Bhean ud thall, gu deé th'air t'aire [2] ; Siuthadaibh, siuthadaibh, a mhnathan [3] ; Gura mis' tha fo éislein [3] l Mi dualach, mi donn ; 'S mise 's daor a cheannaich ; Dhoòmhnaill òig mhic Dhòmhnaill 'c Ruairi [2] ; Marbhaisg air a' mhulad, 's bun e [2] ; 'S muladach mi is mi air m'aineoil [3] ; Cha dìrich mi an t-uchd le fonn [3] ; Nichean chruinn donn, dut is éibhinn [2] ; Gura mis' tha fo mhulad air an tulaich luim fhuair [3] ; Chaidh mi do'n bheinn ghabhail fradhairc ; Dh'éirich mi moch madainn àlainn [2] ; Cha labhair mi 'n t'òran [4] ; Is moch an diu a rinn mi éirigh [2] ; Siùbhlaidh mi 's fàgaidh mi 'm fearann (An fhìdeag airgid) [2] ; Cha déid mise, cha déid mi ; Cha n-eil falt orm air fuireach ; Chraobh nan Ubhal [3] ; Ailein, Ailein 's fad an cadal [2] ; Latha dhomb 's mi 'm Beinn a' Cheathaich [2] ; 'S fhada bhuam a chì mi 'n ceò [2] ; Tha an oídhche nochd fuar [2] ; 'S mise chunnaic an t-iaonadh [3

Hebridean Folksongs: Songs collected by Donald MacCormick in Kilphedir in South Uist in the year 1893. Ailein duinn, ó hì shiùbhlainn leat [4] ; 'S mise bhean bhochd, chianail, thùrsach ; Nighean ud thall, bheil thu 't'fhaireachadh [2] ; Nighean ud thall [3] ; Cairistiana [4] ; Cha n-eil mi gun nì air m'aire ; Tha an latha an diu gu fliuch fuaraidh [3] ; Di-Sathuirne ghabh mi mulad [4] ; Rinn mi mocheirigh gu éirigh [5] ; Dh'éirich mise moch Di-Dòmhnaich ; 'S fliuch an oídhche nochd 's gur fuar i ; Thug mi gaol do'n nighinn duinn ; Gura mise tha fo mhulad 's mi air tulaich na buaile ; Gura mise tha làn airteil [7] ; Gura mise tha fo ghruaman [2] ; 'S e nochd a' chiad oídhche 'n fhoghair [3] ; Bhean ud thall, gu deé th'air t'aire [2] ; Siuthadaibh, siuthadaibh, a mhnathan [3] ; Gura mis' tha fo éislein [3] l Mi dualach, mi donn ; 'S mise 's daor a cheannaich ; Dhoòmhnaill òig mhic Dhòmhnaill 'c Ruairi [2] ; Marbhaisg air a' mhulad, 's bun e [2] ; 'S muladach mi is mi air m'aineoil [3] ; Cha dìrich mi an t-uchd le fonn [3] ; Nichean chruinn donn, dut is éibhinn [2] ; Gura mis' tha fo mhulad air an tulaich luim fhuair [3] ; Chaidh mi do'n bheinn ghabhail fradhairc ; Dh'éirich mi moch madainn àlainn [2] ; Cha labhair mi 'n t'òran [4] ; Is moch an diu a rinn mi éirigh [2] ; Siùbhlaidh mi 's fàgaidh mi 'm fearann (An fhìdeag airgid) [2] ; Cha déid mise, cha déid mi ; Cha n-eil falt orm air fuireach ; Chraobh nan Ubhal [3] ; Ailein, Ailein 's fad an cadal [2] ; Latha dhomb 's mi 'm Beinn a' Cheathaich [2] ; 'S fhada bhuam a chì mi 'n ceò [2] ; Tha an oídhche nochd fuar [2] ; 'S mise chunnaic an t-iaonadh [3
Author: John Lorne Campbell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1969
Genre: Folk music
ISBN:
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Tales Until Dawn

Tales Until Dawn
Author: Joe Neil MacNeil
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 529
Release: 1987-07-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0773561129
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MacNeil also describes his early years in a Gaelic-speaking rural community, where story-telling is still a basic element of community life. He explains how he learned the tales and the customs and practices associated with their telling. He also introduces us to the families and individuals who were custodians of the tales. John Shaw's introduction outlines the informant's tradition and its place in the world of the European story-teller. The commentaries of MacNeil and Shaw, the tales, the games, and the other folk material offer a rich and unique perspective on the Gaelic culture generally, and as it has developed on Cape Breton Island in particular.

Hebridean Folksongs: Waulking songs from Vatersay Barra, Eriskay, South Uist and Benbecula. Latha bha 'n Ridire ag òl [2] ; Shuidh mi air cnocan an tiùrr ; Dh'éirich mi gu moch Di-luain ; Mìle marbhaisg air a' ghaol [3] ; Thug mi 'n oidhche, ge b'fhad' i ; Tha mo ghaol air Catriana ; 'S nu ri dìreadh 'san dùbhghlaic ; Phiuthar chridhe, chomainn chléibh' ; Trom òr o chalainn ; Lìon mulad, lìon mulad ; Gura mis' tha gu tinn ; Tha mulad, tha mulad ; Mhurchaidh bhig, a chinn a' chonais [2] ; Mhic Iarla nam Bratach Bàna ; Ciad soiridh bhuam dhachaigh ; A Mhic Iain 'ic Sheumais [3] ; Ach a Maighread nan cuiread [3] ; Thogainn fonn gun bhith trom ; Dh'fhalbh mo rùn bho chionn seachdain ; Chunnaic mis' an t-òg uasal ; Ó, daonnan, daonnan, daonnan [2] ; Dh'fhalbh rùn 's dh'fhàg e 'n caladh ; Ó, 's fhada bhuainn Anna ; Hó, mo nighean dubh, till, till ; Clò Mhic 'ille Mhìcheil ; 'S muladach, 's muladach thà mi ; O hao, o hao, 's mi fo mhìngean [2] ; Cumha banntrach Shanndraidh ; A Dhòmhnaill Dhuinn, ma rinn thu m' eugcoir ; Gur h-è mo ghille dùbhdhonn [2] ; Chunnaic mise mo leannan [2] ; Gura mis' tha fo mhulad, tha lionn-dubh air mo lìonadh [2] ; Gura mise tha fo Mhulad an Tìr a' Mhurain 's an t-Sìobain ; 'S 'ga innse cha dèid mi ; 'Ille dhuinn bhòidhich [3] ; Fhir bhuidh' an deagh-nàdair ; Ó, 's toil liom an nìghneag ; Cha déid mi do dh'fhear gun bhàta ; Chaidh mo lothag air chall [2] ; Cha n-eil mi gun mhulad orm ; Cà na dh'fhàg thu m'fhichead gini ; Có nì mire rium ; Nighean donn bheadarrach, ho ró ; Hug hòireann ó, 's e m'aighear ì ; Mhic 'ic Ailein, seasgair sìobhalt' ; Òganaich dhiunn a rinn m'fhàgail [2] ; Bheir soiridh, soiridh bhuam ; Thug an latha gu dìle

Hebridean Folksongs: Waulking songs from Vatersay Barra, Eriskay, South Uist and Benbecula. Latha bha 'n Ridire ag òl [2] ; Shuidh mi air cnocan an tiùrr ; Dh'éirich mi gu moch Di-luain ; Mìle marbhaisg air a' ghaol [3] ; Thug mi 'n oidhche, ge b'fhad' i ; Tha mo ghaol air Catriana ; 'S nu ri dìreadh 'san dùbhghlaic ; Phiuthar chridhe, chomainn chléibh' ; Trom òr o chalainn ; Lìon mulad, lìon mulad ; Gura mis' tha gu tinn ; Tha mulad, tha mulad ; Mhurchaidh bhig, a chinn a' chonais [2] ; Mhic Iarla nam Bratach Bàna ; Ciad soiridh bhuam dhachaigh ; A Mhic Iain 'ic Sheumais [3] ; Ach a Maighread nan cuiread [3] ; Thogainn fonn gun bhith trom ; Dh'fhalbh mo rùn bho chionn seachdain ; Chunnaic mis' an t-òg uasal ; Ó, daonnan, daonnan, daonnan [2] ; Dh'fhalbh rùn 's dh'fhàg e 'n caladh ; Ó, 's fhada bhuainn Anna ; Hó, mo nighean dubh, till, till ; Clò Mhic 'ille Mhìcheil ; 'S muladach, 's muladach thà mi ; O hao, o hao, 's mi fo mhìngean [2] ; Cumha banntrach Shanndraidh ; A Dhòmhnaill Dhuinn, ma rinn thu m' eugcoir ; Gur h-è mo ghille dùbhdhonn [2] ; Chunnaic mise mo leannan [2] ; Gura mis' tha fo mhulad, tha lionn-dubh air mo lìonadh [2] ; Gura mise tha fo Mhulad an Tìr a' Mhurain 's an t-Sìobain ; 'S 'ga innse cha dèid mi ; 'Ille dhuinn bhòidhich [3] ; Fhir bhuidh' an deagh-nàdair ; Ó, 's toil liom an nìghneag ; Cha déid mi do dh'fhear gun bhàta ; Chaidh mo lothag air chall [2] ; Cha n-eil mi gun mhulad orm ; Cà na dh'fhàg thu m'fhichead gini ; Có nì mire rium ; Nighean donn bheadarrach, ho ró ; Hug hòireann ó, 's e m'aighear ì ; Mhic 'ic Ailein, seasgair sìobhalt' ; Òganaich dhiunn a rinn m'fhàgail [2] ; Bheir soiridh, soiridh bhuam ; Thug an latha gu dìle
Author: Donald MacCormick
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1969
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:
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This volume presents forty-seven waulking songs recorded in South Uist, Barra, and the adjacent smaller islands between 1938 and 1965. Intensely evocative of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Highlands and Islands, these songs are one of the most interesting folk survivals of western Europe. Documenting a remarkable oral tradition of folkmusic, this work contains an analysis of the motifs found in the older waulking sounds, musical notes by Francis Collinson, and a chapter listing the songs in the three volumes.