The Highland Bagpipe and Its Music

by Roderick D. Cannon

This is a new edition of Roderick Cannon's classic work, a definitive and critically acclaimed history of the origins and music of Scotland's most famous instrument. The eminently readable text will be of interest not only to pipers but to all those music lovers world wide who are intrigued to know more about the character and extraordinary history of the legendary pipes. The author covers both Ceol Mor and Ceol Beag, Piobaireachd, dance music, martial music, music for competitions and music for pleasure, music for pipe bands as well as a commentary on the state of piping today. Updated from its last paperback edition, this book is the only comprehensive history of piping in print and has never been surpassed. This is a reprint of Roderick Cannon's updated text.

Genres: Nonfiction, Music

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Andrew Fredricks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitive work on the subject.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit out of date and a bit too technical for us beginner pipers, but I enjoyed parts of it.

[Donald Scoby · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my opinion every Highland bagpiper should read this book at least once -- probably own a copy to be able to conveniently refer to it.