Author : Kerry Sheridan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 19,56 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813533964
Following on from the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks, the author covers the ordeal of the massive number of funerals, the importance of recovering bodies in Irish American culture and the bagpiping ritual, both traditional and modern.
Author : William Henry Grattan Flood
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 28,40 MB
Release :
Category : History
ISBN : 1176344226
Author : Michael Peter Vereno
Publisher : International Bagpipe Organisation
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781838369804
Scholars have long provided bagpipes with a creation myth that stretches back to the ancient Near East, where they supposedly appear in the biblical Book of Daniel. It then has the Greeks playing them and Roman legions carrying them to the ends of the Empire. But Michael Peter Vereno's The Voice of the Wind calls this story into question. Using linguistic analysis, Vereno shows that the oldest 'evidence' is often dubious at best and demonstrates that supposed ancient stories of bagpipe origins- and sometimes even their names-were later scholarly creations to give them a respectable, ancient pedigree. His erudite examination calls into question many conclusions and settled 'facts' to reveal a more enlightening story of bagpipe origins. It redefines its field and represents a significant contribution to historical organology. Readers with an interest in modern bagpipes, the history of instruments, and the interpretation of ancient and more recent textual sources will all find something to engage them and complicate their beliefs.
Author : William Henry Grattan Flood
Publisher : London : The Walter Scott Publishing Company, Limited ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 31,77 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Bagpipe
ISBN :
Author : Paige Shelton
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250057493
Bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols finds a dead body in a castle outside Edinburgh and must investigate how this murder is connected to a rare manuscript.
Author : Angus Corby
Publisher : Picture Kelpies
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Bagpipe
ISBN : 9780863157462
Young Gregor MacDonald is thrilled when he gets a set of bagpipes for his birthday. Now he can be just like Grandad. But each time he starts to play, an awful noise sounds, Honk-eeyyoww! And each time, he hears the same angry cry, 'You can't play here!'Poor Gregor goes from house, to loch, to barn and to hillside disturbing people, until he finds acceptance in the most unlikely of places.
Author : Eve Begley Kiehm
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1585365734
What country is made up of 95 islands, invented the game of golf, and raised a warrior worthy of the name "Braveheart"? Welcome to Scotland! In B is for Bagpipes: A Scotland Alphabet, Scottish native Eve Begley Kiehm gives an A-Z tour of the country that may be small in size but a giant in history and rich in tradition. Kick up your heels at a Highland dance, visit the statue of Greyfriar's Bobby as he stands guard near his master's grave, and finally dig into a dish of haggis with a side helping of "tatties and neeps." From the splendors of capital city Edinburgh to the stories of Robert Louis Stevenson to the gloomy waters of Loch Ness and its lonely "Nessie," the treasures of Scotland are revealed. Colorful artwork captures the proud spirit of its landscape and culture.Eve Begley Kiehm was born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland. She has a master's degree in Scottish History and Literature from Glasgow University and an early childhood education certification from the University of Toronto. Her books about Scotland include a YA historical adventure novel. Eve lives in the San Diego area. Alexa Rutherford lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has illustrated many books for UK publishers and a handful of US publishers, as well as US children's magazines.
Author : Tim Archbold
Publisher : Kelpies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,1 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780863159114
Meet Charlie McCandlewick, who sweeps the bogle creatures of the night out from under your bed, in this charming and humorous Scottish picture book. Charlie McCandlewick is a nightsweep. But he doesn't sweep chimneys - oh no. While children are tucked up safely in their beds, Charlie takes care of the bogle creatures of the night: the Nippers and Nabbers who hide under your bed, the Croakies who flap about in closets and the Whigmaleeries who wail at windows. But once they've been safely captured in his thistle-cloth bag, what does Charlie do with all the beasties? This brilliant story from author-illustrator Tim Archbold will become a firm favorite with children and parents alike. Narrated in a hilarious, quirky style, with wonderfully illustrated beasties and bogles waiting to jump off each page, it will captivate readers until the final surprise twist.
Author : Carolyn Keene
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 25,26 MB
Release : 1964-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101077425
Warnings not to go to Scotland can’t stop Nancy Drew from setting out on a thrill-packed mystery adventure. Undaunted by the vicious threats, the young detective – with her father and her two close friends – goes to visit her great-grandmother at an imposing estate in the Scottish Highlands, and to solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom. And there is another mystery to be solved: the fate of flocks of stolen sheep. Baffling clues challenge Nancy’s powers of deduction: a note written in the ancient Gaelic language, a deserted houseboat on Loch Lomond, a sinister red-bearded stranger in Edinburgh, eerie whistling noises in the Highlands. Startling discoveries in an old castle and in the ruins of a prehistoric fortress, lead Nancy closer to finding the solution to both mysteries.
Author : Lincoln Hilton
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 2021-11-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780646848907
Lincoln Hilton bagpipe composition music book. Sheet music for the great highland bagpipe.
