The Story of the Bagpipe


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Most people think of the bagpipe as an instrument solely connected to Scotland. W.H. Grattan Flood takes us much further back, to the ancient origin of the pipe. From the simple reed blown by the mouth, through Egypt, Greece, and Rome, past the Tudors and Stuarts, right up to the French court of Louis the XIV and into the Nineteenth century, we see how the bagpipes have been an integral part of our musical history.
This is Volume 13 in a series of 15 books. (Summary by Jessie Percival) (4 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Preface 3:53 Read by Jessie Percival
Origin of the Bagpipe 6:20 Read by tshoes76
Bagpipes of Antiquity 7:53 Read by tshoes76
Greek and Roman Bagpipes 6:03 Read by tshoes76
Ancient Irish Bagpipes 12:23 Read by tshoes76
Ancient Welsh Pipes 7:31 Read by Avanos
Early English Bagpipes 11:38 Read by Thomas White
The Bagpipe in Scotland 9:25 Read by Cbteddy
Ancient Scotch Pipe-Melodies 15:49 Read by czandra
The Scotch Bagpipe in the Sixteenth Century 10:01 Read by czandra
Continental Pipes 11:13 Read by Avanos
The English Bagpipe Under the Tudors 12:00 Read by Thomas White
Irish Pipes in the Sixteenth Century 13:54 Read by czandra
English Bagpipes Under the Stuarts 9:46 Read by czandra
Influence of the Bagpipe on Seventeenth Century Music 9:49 Read by czandra
Irish Bagpipes in the Seventeenth Century 10:07 Read by czandra
The Bagpipe in France Under Louis XIV 11:17 Read by Jonathan Miller
The Great Highland Pipe 15:08 Read by Pete McElveen
Scotch Jacobite Period 14:15 Read by Pete McElveen
The Irish Uilleann (Union) Pipes 18:12 Read by czandra
The Highland Society of London 13:22 Read by marisad6
Scotch Regimental Pipers 13:32 Read by czandra
Lowland and Northumbrian Pipes 8:37 Read by czandra
The Bagpipe in the Orchestra 9:23 Read by Douglas Wood
Some Irish Pipers of the Nineteenth Century 11:37 Read by czandra
Present Position of the Irish Bagpipes 5:44 Read by czandra
Appendices 15:42 Read by czandra